About the Canadian Ape Alliance
The Canadian Ape Alliance was established by Dr. Kerry Bowman and his colleagues to coordinate and increase efforts in raising awareness of the imminent threats to the great apes, develop conservation strategies, and raise funds. Their mission statement reads:
The Canadian Ape Alliance advances conservation and awareness of all Great Apes and the environments they live in, by respecting human need. All conservation strategies are designed to reflect local cultures, as well as economic and political realities. We see The Great Apes as ambassadors of the ecosystems they live in; we believe all life matters. Because the needs of the Great Apes are complex and vast, our team includes people from all walks of life. We believe through coordinated individual action, we can improve the environment of all Great Apes and other living things.
Their website including an informative page on “Eggs for Kids” can be found at
http://www.great-apes.com/index.htm
About James Brooks
James Brooks is an 11 year old student at Kensal Park French Immersion Public School in London, Ontario. For as long as he can remember, he has loved apes and wanted to help them. He started 1000CLASSROOMS.org because he knows that many kids would like to help out if they knew the problems faced by the humans and animals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He has built a website for kids about apes at www.apeaware.org his resume can be found there. James is co-President of KidsSaveApes. He is pictured here with renowned environmentalist Dr. Jane Goodall.
About Eastern Lowland Gorillas
The World Wildlife fund writes “A subspecies of eastern gorilla, the eastern lowland gorilla (or Grauer's gorilla) is found only in the rainforests of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Its stronghold is Kahuzi Biega National Park, where it is threatened by bushmeat hunters and human encroachment. Civil conflict and political instability have left the Congolese National Parks network in a state of dereliction, hampering the effective conservation of this Endangered gorilla subspecies.”
Fewer efforts have been made to protect Eastern Lowland Gorillas than the Mountain Gorillas Dian Fossey wrote about, but because of the many threats they face they may be in greater danger of extinction.
About Kahuzi-Biega Environmental School
Education is key to successful long-term conservation efforts in the Eastern Congo. Kahuzi-Biega Environmental School provides conservation-based education for the children of the guards at Kahuzi-Biega National Park. Because children in the Congo tend to follow the occupation of their parents, this school is helping prepare the next generation of guards with the skills and knowledge they need for conservation work. They will face a lot of challenges.
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