Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International.
charity for the protection of endangered mountain gorillas
Uganda, DRC Communities Strengthen Gorilla Conservation
Community-led conservation is helping protect gorillas across Central Africa: near Uganda’s Bwindi forest, residents are planting useful trees outside the park to reduce pressure on mountain-gorilla habitat, while in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a new legal designation expands community-managed forest protections for threatened Grauer’s gorillas. Health and tourism initiatives also support mountain-gorilla conservation, whose population has nearly doubled since the 1990s.
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About Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International
The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund is a nonprofit organization based in Atlanta, Georgia, for the protection of endangered mountain gorillas and Grauer's gorillas. The Digit Fund was created by Dian Fossey in 1978 to finance her anti-poaching patrols and prevent further poaching of the mountain gorillas. Fossey established the Karisoke Research Center in the Virunga Volcanoes of Rwanda. The non-profit fund was named in memory of Fossey's favorite gorilla, Digit.
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