Declining Great Apes of Central Africa Get New Action Plan for Conservation for the Next Decade

Tuesday, April 7, 2015 - 12:00 in Biology & Nature

The number of gorillas and chimpanzees in Central Africa continues to decline due to hunting, habitat loss, and disease, combined with a widespread lack of law enforcement and corruption in the judicial process, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, Wildlife Conservation Society, WWF, and partners in a new conservation plan.

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