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Nations Unite to Protect Endangered Gorillas
Three African countries are teaming up to protect mountain gorillas. They're working together because the gorillas that live on their borders are being killed. Uganda, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo share a border in the Virunga Mountains. That area is filled with dense forest and lots of wildlife. Around 700 mountain gorillas share this dense forest with chimpanzees, golden monkeys, forest elephants, and many other rare animals.
There are also people nearby, and that's a huge problem for the gorillas. That's because the people who live there are very poor. One of the ways they make money is to chop down trees and make charcoal that's used in cooking fires.
When people chop down the trees, they destroy the natural habitat that the animals need to survive. The government has outlawed the charcoal making, but that didn't solve the problem. When they arrested the people for making charcoal, other people killed some gorillas, just to show how angry they were.
When park rangers found four dead gorillas in the jungle, people around the world got upset. Nobody wants all the gorillas to become extinct, and with only 700 left, that could happen.
So the three countries are working together to protect the habitat and stop the killing of gorillas. They made a 10-year plan. Gorilla fans everywhere hope that the actions of Uganda, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo will be good news.
I'm Adelbert and that's what happened in Science this week!
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