ESA - Gorillas to be guarded from orbit - European Space Agency
UNESCO together with the involved countries has recognised the mountain gorilla habitat and specifically the area included in the Virunga National Park in the Congo, bordering Rwanda …
ESA - ESA maps satellite help for gorilla guardians - European Space Agency
Feb 14, 2003 · Known as BEGo, for Build Environment for Gorilla, the project will provide Earth observation imagery and products to conservation groups and authorities that are monitoring …
Plans finalised for satellites to help safeguard gorilla habitats
Nov 4, 2003 · A joint ESA/UNESCO project called BEGo – for Build Environment for Gorilla – commenced last April with the intention of providing satellite imagery and products of these …
BBC News | SCI/TECH | Space age plan to save gorillas
Gorillas in Africa will be monitored from space, under new plans to protect their habitat. Officials from the European Space Agency (Esa) hope to use space technology to keep an eye on the...
Surveillance of Gorilla Habitat (SOGHA) using Space Technologies
Nov 1, 2002 · Presently, the mountain gorilla in Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo is endangered mainly by poaching and habitat loss.
Uganda is launching a satellite, should we care? - Kampala Post
Nov 2, 2022 · Uganda should consider joining space blocs that have sustainability as a core value. For example, the US Artemis Program and the Africa Space Agency, to be …
mountain gorilla habituation using insights from Actor Network Theory (ANT) and more-than-human geography to highlight the role of non-human or animal agency in con-servation and …
This tourism experience costs $800 for an hour. Here’s why it ... - CNN
Sep 4, 2024 · In Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, home to the largest mountain gorilla population in the world, with over 500 roaming the dense woodland, it costs $800 for foreign non-residents …
Satellite maps will ease plight of endangered mountain gorillas
Apr 8, 2005 · ESA and UNESCO have been working together on a project called Build Environment for Gorilla (BEGo) to precisely chart the region in order to help national …
Conservationists optimistic on gorilla numbers as census nears
Jan 15, 2025 · Several conservationists have expressed optimism about the rise in gorilla numbers as new births have, in the past, been witnessed within the 27 gorilla families across …