Gorilla Research Expedition, Cameroon Detail
Gorilla Research Expedition, Cameroon
Gorilla tracking - during your placement you will be trekking through and camping in the forest to record observations, including information about nesting signs, direct sightings of apes, vocalisation, feeding signs and tracks. Conservation education is conducted in the local schools and communities. Children are taught the ecology of the great ape, their importance, habitat needs and the importance of conserving the great apes. Contests for the children are organised and prizes awarded. The community education is focused on similar topics including the importance of gorillas and chimps to the economy of the local community. Help to develop priorities and strategies for addressing relevant rural and environmental issues. Assist with providing the local communities with the means to efficiently manage their natural resources and to alleviate poverty. Help to develop successful and / or potentially successful strategies for mobilising communities and people to conserve their natural resources.
To promote women’s roles in conservation and development through training and support of women programs. To combat deforestation, land degradation and desertification. To promote alternative sustainable development strategies in rural areas including development of alternative models of rural financing. To promote advocacy, education, training and information programmes that increase people’s awareness of environmental problems as well as human issues (e.g. environmental health, HIV/AIDS) affecting environmental management and their remedies. Visit Limbe Wildlife Centre – a wildlife rescue and rehab centre followed by a seafood lunch at Limbe Beach.
