GRASP publishes press releases supporting the mission of GRASP and informing the press about GRASP related activities. Some of these press releases are from outside sources and may not necessarily reflect the views of GRASP.

October 2009
Experts Advance Plans for a Biodiversity Corridor in the Tai-Sapo Region of Cote d'Ivoire and Liberia

June 2009
Gentle Giants in Need: International Experts Issue Frankfurt Declaration to Call for Better Protection of Gorillas

May 2009
Do we have the energy to save the gorilla?

January 2009
Projects to Save Africa's Rarest Ape Unveiled by UN and Wildlife Groups

January 2009
Gorillas on Thin Ice
Thursday 15th January

December 2008
Africa-Wide Action Plan Focus of Year of the Gorilla 2009

November 2008
International Wildlife Conference
Rome/Italy: 1-5 December 2008

October 2008
Convention on Migratory Species Declares 2009 Year of the Gorilla

May 2008
Great Ape Conservation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Gets a More than $360,000 Boost from Spain

October 2007
Sustainable future for DRC's Nature-Based Resources Aim of New UNEP project

September 2007
Report of UNEP Mission to DRC, September 2007

August 2007
UNEP to Deploy Technical Mission to Virunga National Park

June 2007
Authorities Step Up Action against Illegal Loggers Threatening the Last Orang-Utans

17 June 2006
GRASP Chief Consultant, Ian Redmond, appointed OBE

March 2006
Is GRASP – The United Nations Great Ape Survival Project – A New MEA?

March 2006
Are humans just another great ape? A world of Science Newsletter (UNESCO)

November 2005
Relative Values; Stanley Johnson outlines plans to prevent extinction of the planet's great apes, and argues that their survival could mark a step towards saving mankind itself (The House Magazine)

29 July 2005
Our closest relatives on the brink of extinction A World of Science Newsletter (UNESCO)

17 January 2005
Five Star Accommodation for Orphan Orangutans in Indonesian Borneo

30 August 2004
Illegal clearing of the Virunga National Park halted

27 August 2004
Scientists fear Ebola may be responsible for sudden gorilla disappearance

21 July 2004
Update on the Crisis in Virunga National Park

26 January 2004
DHL delivers help for the Great Apes of Tropical Africa [English] [French]

20 November 2003
Emergency meeting to save the great apes [English] [French]

23 May 2003
UNEP Helps Spearhead Great Ape Rescue Mission

23 Mai 2003
Le PNUE apporte son concours à une mission de secours des grands singes

28 September 2002
Gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos bring aid to rebuild D.R. Congo after years of war

3 September 2002
Massive destruction of great ape habitats likely over the next 30 years unless current trends reversed

25 September 2001
UK Government pledges big backing for UNEP's Great Apes Survival Project as US primate champion, Russ Mittermeier, announced as Special Ape Envoy

Other internet Links

WHC- New Episode of Patrimonito's World Heritage Adventures on Protecting Mountain Gorillas

Great Ape Emergency Conservation Fund

Great Apes-how great are you?

UK to fund new initiative to help protect apes in central Africa

The great ape scandal; The orang-utan could be extinct within 12 years and human greed is to blame!

EcoEarth.Info -Environment Portal & Search Engine

Endangered Species International

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