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I am the chief warden of Kahuzi Biega National Park and it is

twenty five years ago since I have been working in the park. For

me the UN Year of the Gorilla was very, very good because you

know, around the world, each day is dedicated for one person or

one group of persons, but for gorillas the United Nations decided

to dedicate one year, a full year, for gorillas. For me, it was a

thing I can’t know how to express. It was a big joy in my heart, to

hear that gorillas can have one year for him. So I think it’s like

a lesson, that the United Nations want to show to people that we

have to learn something from gorillas. If you see how gorillas live

in the forest, people must learn from that kind of living and try to

make many efforts to protect them.

Most people have somebody who can protect them but gorillas

don’t have anybody. So we decided to be the protectors of goril-

las. It’s why we are there. Despite the war, or other problems, we

have to do something for protecting gorillas.

My hope is to be here every morning, to send the guards in the

forest to monitor, and to see them safe every day. And another

thing – I ask for all the world to support this together. Even the

means, like financial means to see if we can, together, protect

the gorillas.

Radar Nishuli

Chief Warden, Kahuzi-Biega National Park, DRC

INTERVIEW

We have to do something

for protecting gorillas

Customs and Police offices, which drew attention to the smug-

gling of apes and, importantly, had photographs of juveniles of

these species. The posters were in Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia,

English and French. Pocket-sized cards, with similar informa-

tion for law enforcement officials, were also produced in Eng-

lish and French.

The 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES

took place in Qatar from 13 to 25 March 2010. Delegates ap-

proved a recommendation by the CITES and GRASP Secretari-

ats that such missions should also be conducted in relation to

gorillas and that representatives from INTERPOL and WCO

should participate.