15 Apr Vaccinate in biodiversity hotspots to protect people and wildlife from each other
Rural areas of low-to-middle-income countries host most biodiversity hotspots, where interactions between people and wildlife are frequent....
26 Mar Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka: “I feel a deep connection” (INTERVIEW)
Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is a Ugandan vet and scientist working to protect East Africa’s critically endangered mountain gorillas. She’s the founder and CEO of Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH) who work to improve the quality of life for people and wildlife, so they can coexist...
20 Feb Selfie-taking tourists risk giving wild gorillas COVID-19, other diseases
The majority of gorilla selfies that researchers found on Instagram violated social distancing rules meant to keep the endangered great apes safe....
19 Feb Beyond the tourist trail
Graeme Green speaks with local experts about why wildlife protection in Africa and Asia must push beyond relying on international visitors and foreign professionals towards sustainable, locally led initiatives....
18 Feb Protecting Gorillas Through Human Health (PODCAST)
When a scabies outbreak among a gorilla population was linked back to the hygiene habits of the local communities they lived near, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka quickly learned that the conservation of the species was even more intimately linked to humans than previously thought....
17 Feb Tourist selfies could be spreading COVID to endangered mountain gorillas
New research has found that tourists' selfies may be putting mountain gorillas at risk of contracting COVID-19. Primate conservation experts at Oxford Brookes University in the UK studied nearly 1,000 Instagram posts from people visiting the species in East Africa....