Research Paper On Virunga

The Gorilla beringei beringei or mountain gorilla, was first discovered on October 17th 1902, by a German officer named Captain Robert von Beringe (Berggorilla and Direkthilfe, 2002). Mountain gorillas play a large role in it’s particular ecosystem through consumption the gorillas control and maintain vegetation that is vital for a healthy environment not only for the primate but also other species that live in the environment as well. Since the discovery of the mountain gorilla much fascination has been drawn toward the species. However, the gentle creature’s population has had a sharp decline from Rwanda’s belief in sumu, poaching, human disease, and unregulated tourism. In efforts to revive the species population from extinction, persistent activism through worldly foundations are helping protect the mountain gorilla species.

With only two hundred and fifty to three hundred left, the critically endangered Cross River Gorilla roams the African forests while on the brink of extinction (Save Our Species). Africa has many populations of primates that are at the least endangered, and the Cross River Gorilla is the closest to extinction and the least studied due to the rarity of observing them. (Save Our Species). These gorillas are confined to small, mountainous areas that have been separated over and over again by fragmentation, furthermore ruining the needed social aspect of the groups and need for vast land (Imong, I., & Robbins, M.), (Save Our Species) The increased hunting and fragmentation of these Gorilla’s habitats has caused a large problem with how the

Mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei (scientific name) ), are critically endangered with only about 880 left in the wild. Mountain gorillas live in Africa’s national parks in protection.

1. Karl Jacoby book brings the remarkable accounting of the negative aspects of conservation movement to the sunlight. Jacoby uses the early years of Adirondack Park, Yellowstone National Park, and the Grand Canyon Forest Preserve to demonstrate his theme of the locals’ reactions to the creation of the park and the actions from the conservationists. And the fantasies the early conservationists’ promulgated of the locals of being satanic rapists of the environment are dispelled (193).

Many people would find it easy to sympathize with the conservation of the natural, magnificent wilderness and all of its glory; and Subhankar Banerjee, the author of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land, A Photographic Journey, uses that sympathy to gain the reader’s support in his claims. While his article does offer a very compassionate viewpoint with vivid imagery to capture the reader’s attention, it lacks strong logos arguments to back up his claims and falls victim to a few major logical fallacy points that injure his stance.

This article was meant to provide Canadian’s insight into the struggle of preserving Canada’s national parks, and how quickly they are being consumed for commercial purposes. The article was also mean’t to provide as a warning for Canadians to take a stand to preserve the parks before they are entirely eradicated by the tourism and commercial industry. The CPAWS is currently taking action against developers since they feel that the parks are endangered and they are the only one’s willing to fight for the protection of the

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has had many conflicts. The people of the country are poor, but interest is shown in the country because of mining. When war did break out the rebels enslaved and took people to work in the mines. Also, with the status of the country, the bonobos are becoming more and more endangered. This is in part because of poverty. The bonobos are being poached and killed for their meat and people even use their body parts because of superstitions. On top of this, the bonobo’s are also losing their habitat. With an increase in a growing population more land is demanded taking from the bonobos. Logging companies are pushing further and further leaving the bonobos at risk for losing their habitat.

The purpose of the film was to call the target audience of environmentalists into action to help save the Virunga National Park. At the end of the documentary, there is a link that provides more information on how to further help out the cause, which is further adding to the logos of the argument, by providing a source. Through all of the rhetorical strategies and the numerous appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos throughout the documentary, the director effectively persuaded the target audience to join the cause of protecting the Virunga National Park against further SOCO destruction and rebel

There are many wild animals in the world are in danger. The mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) are one of the most threatened species in the world that inherited from monkeys (Macaca Fascicularis) and apes (Hominoidea), which was found in Africa and Arabia about 34-24 millions years ago. Mountain gorillas are Animalia, which phylum is Chordata and class of Mammalia. The mountain gorilla is a subspecies of eastern gorilla, which live in two regions in Africa. There are three countries where mountain gorillas live. They are Uganda, Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo. According to National geographic, there are about 700 mountain gorillas remaining in the earth and half of them live in a Virunga mountains in central Africa. In average, they live about 35 years; the standing height of a mountain gorilla is between 4-6 feet. They’re weight usually between 300-485 pounds and they are bit larger than other type of gorillas. Mountain gorilla usually live in a group and head of their group is called ‘silverback’ that is an adult male who grow a patch of silver hair on their back and hips. However, when dominant silverback die, the whole group face hard time to regroup themselves. Female gorilla usually becomes sexually mature before male gorilla. At the age of 7-8 female gorillas become sexually active, however they started to breed few years later. On the other hand, male gorilla starts

Child born to a free parent and one slave parent, the status of the offspring will be based on the status of the mother not the father. This could impact the growth of the enslaved population and making slave children profitable for slave masters. The law for Maryland, 1664 stated if a freed woman is to married a slave man she will be treated like her slave husband. In Virginia, 1667 states that Christianity does not release a slave from bondage so Christians could own other Christians. They feared that the slaves will runaway this is the reason why Virginia closed the pathway to freedom in 1660’s and lastly in Viginia , 1663 it stated that the slaves are not allow to leave anywhere without the permission of their masters and if wonder off

Already, I was able to analyze that there was a big boating community. Another thing I noticed was that even before entering the path to the Peytonia Reserve trail, there were already people fishing outside of the reserve. It gave me a clear indicator that many people, whether in Suisun or a nearby town, depend on the reserve to satisfy their recreational needs through either boating or fishing. This is a great example of how humans benefit more from the ecosystem, but in turn, the interest that humans have in the area protects the area from things like habitat destruction. The relationship between humans and wildlife is unfortunate for wildlife to have to depend on humans but this is how humans and wildlife have cohabited the

Or in the case of guerilla warfare, like Vietnam, soldiers seek shelter amongst the trees and vegetation which leads to destruction in some of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. In December of 1994, the DRC officially declared the first UN World Heritage Site to be endangered because of armed conflict. This was due to the destruction not only caused directly through firepower from the conflict but also caused by the refugees taking shelter there. They were using the trees from the national park to build shelters and for firewood to cook meals, as well as to create charcoal to sell. This lead to approximately 1,000 tons of wood being taken from the park each day. Over time, about 32 square kilometers were completely deprived of its natural value (DeWeerdt). Events like this have happened over and over again, to different degrees of severity maybe, but with the same overarching effect– deforestation. This, in conjunction with increased soil disturbance, leads to other issues like

Initially, the narrator gains his credibility as being a film maker and outdoorsman. His prior experience that draws people who enjoy outdoor activity to gravitate towards his view. The difference between how the film presents the two sides of this argument is the way they chose the individuals who represent each viewpoint. The pro-resort side consists mostly of people with legislative or economic jobs while the pro-wild side is all locals, instead of having the pro people talk about the downsides of such a project. Video of protests and rallies to lobby for the shutdown of this project, highlighting public pushback, enough for the viewer to associate with a cause. Everyone loves to get on a bandwagon, even though that might be more dipping into pathos, if nobody respects these people, no one will listen. Of all the people chosen to speak on behalf of the pro-wild side is a member of the native community, what he says is completely pathos, he represents a community and people who have resided in this wilderness for four-hundred

Dian Fossey was a normal young lady that had the dream of taking part in the research of gorillas in Africa. She attended a conference one evening that was given by Dr. Louis Leaky. Dr. Leaky talked about the enormous problem of keeping the gorillas that roamed the Virunga Mountains of Africa from going extinct. He explained the