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Monitoring African gorillas – a joint ESA/UNESCO initiative

2 October 2001

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Photo: Courtesy Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund

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In this transfrontier region of Uganda, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the volcanic highlands of the Virungas shelter the last 600 plus mountain gorillas in the world. Photo: Courtesy of International Gorilla Conservation Program (IGCP) a coalition of AWF,WWF,and FFI.