CrossRivergorillas are Africa’s rarest and most endangered ape, once thought to have already been driven to extinction. Camera traps have emerged as a critical tool for monitoring the health and population sizes ofthe subspecies. Together, they covered the full breadth oftheCrossRiverGorilla range — from the dense forests of Takamanda and Tofala, to the Kagwene–Mbulu gorillasanctuary, the Rumpi Hills forest block, and the transboundary landscapes stretching into Nigeria. The CrossRiverGorilla Initiative, a collaboration between the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), the Centre for Biodiversity Conservation Research, and supported by the Wilder Institute... Why crossrivergorillas are critically endangered. The CrossRivergorilla is Africa’s most threatened great ape, with only around 200 to 300 individuals left in the wild population. CrossRivergorilla in Cameroon (Photo courtesy African Conservation). BUEA, Cameroon, October 19, 2014 (ENS) – CrossRivergorillas, the world’s rarest apes, have a newly protected area that will better enable these unique primates to survive as a species. he CrossRivergorilla (Gorillagorilla diehli) is the most endangeredofthe African apes.Revised Regional Action Plan for the ConservationoftheCrossRiverGorilla (Gorillagorilla diehli) 2014-2019. risk of pathogens and parasites spreading to the gorillas. The CrossRivergorilla survives in small and fragmented forest areas scattered across the mountainous border region between Cameroon and Nigeria.Participants oftheCrossRivergorillaconservation workshop, in Douala, Cameroon. The CrossRiverGorilla (gorillagorilla dielhi) is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Due to hunting fewer than 300 individuals survive today, restricted to the mountainous forests straddling the border.
