scholarly journals Distribution, abundance and conservation status of Grauer's gorilla

Oryx ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 122-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jefferson S. Hall ◽  
Kristin Saltonstall ◽  
Bila-Lsia Inogwabini ◽  
Ilambu Omari
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
Human Population ◽  
Population Growth Rate ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Wildlife Use ◽  
Abundance Estimates

This report updates the distribution and provides abundance estimates for Grauer's gorilla Gorilla gorilla graueri across its 90,000-sq-km range. The authors divide the range of Grauer's gorilla into four regions within which they identify 11 populations and estimate a total of c. 16,900 individuals. Gorillas found in the Kahuzi-Biega lowland-Kasese region represent 86 per cent of the subspecies's total population. Further, approximately 67 per cent of known Grauer's gorillas inhabit Kahuzi-Biega, Maiko and Virunga National Parks. The eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) has an extremely high human population growth rate indicating that deforestation and wildlife use trends will continue to increase. Thus, in spite of the encouraging results of surveys to identify populations and characterize abundance, no Grauer's gorilla population should be considered safe from extirpation.

Chaetomium brasiliense. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. W. Minter
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Field Crops ◽  
Transmission Biology

Abstract C. brasiliense is described and illustrated. Information on symptoms of the disease caused by C. brasiliense, host range (mainly horticultural and field crops, trees, wood, man, dung and artefacts), geographical distribution (Democratic Republic of Congo; Ghana; Namibia; Nigeria; Tanzania; Swaziland; Ontario, Canada; California, Kansas, New Mexico and Texas, USA; Pernambuco, Brazil; Ecuador; Bangladesh; India; Japan; Malaysia; Pakistan; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Russia; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Northern Territory, Australia; Great Britain; Kuwait; Spain; Saudi Arabia; and Solomon Islands), transmission, biology and conservation status is presented.

Chaetomium funicola. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. W. Minter
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Rhode Island ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
Horticultural Crops

Abstract C. funicola is described and illustrated. Information on host range (mainly field and horticultural crops, trees, wood, dung, man and artefacts), geographical distribution (Democratic Republic of Congo; Ethiopia; Ghana; Kenya; Nigeria; Sierra Leone; South Africa; Tanzania; Togo; Uganda; Zambia; Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia and Ontario, Canada); Mexico; California, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Washington DC and West Virginia, USA; Nicaragua; Panama; Brazil; Chile; Uruguay; Venezuela; Fujian and Hongkong, China; India; Indonesia; Japan; Malaysia; Pakistan; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Capital Territory, Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia; New Zealand; Dominica; Jamaica; Belgium; France; Great Britain; Romania; Sweden; Ukraine; Mauritius; and USSR, and conservation status is presented.

Kretzschmaria cetrarioides. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. W. Minter
Keyword(s):  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
Elaeis Guineensis ◽  
Mangifera Indica ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Diagnostic Features ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Manilkara Zapota ◽  
Macadamia Integrifolia ◽  
Dead Branch

Abstract A description is provided for Kretzschmaria cetrarioides, a fungus with no known disease reported. Some information on its diagnostic features, biology and conservation status is given, along with details of its transmission, geographical distribution (Angola, Benin, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Mexico, Brazil (Mato Grosso, Rio Grande do Sul, Roraima), Colombia, Venezuela, China (Hainan), India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Vietnam, Australia (Queensland), Cuba, and Trinidad and Tobago) and hosts (Achras zapota [Manilkara zapota] (dead branch); Cynometra hankei; Elaeis guineensis; Hevea brasiliensis (trunk), Hevea sp. (dying tree); Macadamia integrifolia (root); Mangifera indica (fallen branch); Peltophorum adnatum (wood); Plantae indet. (trunk, wood); Pterocarpus soyauxii; Raphia vinifera (trunk); Scorodophloeus zenkeri; and Theobroma cacao (stump)).

scholarly journals The Vulnerable red panda Ailurus fulgens in Bhutan: distribution, conservation status and management recommendations

Oryx ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 536-543 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sangay Dorji ◽  
Rajanathan Rajaratnam ◽  
Karl Vernes
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
Human Population ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Habitat Destruction ◽  
Livestock Grazing ◽  
Area Network ◽  
Red Panda ◽  
Ailurus Fulgens

AbstractThe red panda Ailurus fulgens is categorized as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Pressurized by an expanding human population, it is mainly threatened by habitat destruction, with < 10,000 mature individuals remaining. The red panda has been studied in India, China, Nepal and, to a lesser extent, Myanmar, but no research has been published on this species in Bhutan. Here, we report on the current distribution and conservation status of the red panda in Bhutan using information gathered from field surveys, interviews and unpublished reports. Red pandas are most common at 2,400–3,700 m altitude in fir Abies densa forests with an undergrowth of bamboo. They occur in most national parks and associated biological corridors within Bhutan's protected area network, overlapping with a rural human population that is undergoing increased socio-economic development. Although culturally respected, red pandas face threats from road construction, harvesting of timber, bamboo and minor forest products, livestock grazing, inefficiently managed tourism, and domestic dogs. We believe conservation of red pandas in Bhutan requires (1) inclusion of ecologically sound principles into future development, (2) implementation of programmes that improve rural socio-economy through ecotourism and cultivation of appropriate cash crops, (3) development of education programmes that raise awareness of red pandas for rural people, (4) management of rural dog populations, (5) greater capacity building for wildlife managers, and (6) more ecological research.

scholarly journals The European Network for Diagnostics of Imported Viral Diseases (ENIVD) – 12 years of strengthening the laboratory diagnostic capacity in Europe

2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (16) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Niedrig ◽  
O Donoso-Mantke ◽  
R Schädler ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Population ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
The United States ◽  
Emerging Infections ◽  
European Network ◽  
West Nile Fever ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
Diagnostic Capacity ◽  
And Migration

Changes in lifestyle, travel, and migration, as well as other factors such as climate change and terrorism have increased the vulnerability of the human population to imported, rare, and emerging infections. Numerous virus outbreaks have occurred in recent years, such as Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Democratic Republic of Congo (1995, 2001-2003), Uganda (2000) and Gabon (2001-2003), West Nile fever in the United States since 1999, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in China in 2002, Chikungunya in the Indian Ocean and India since 2004/2005, and, most recently, avian influenza.

Chaetomium bostrychodes. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. W. Minter
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New York ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
New Brunswick ◽  
New Hampshire ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Field Crops

Abstract C. bostrychodes is described and illustrated. Information on host range (mainly horticultural and field crops, trees, wood, dung, man and artefacts), geographical distribution (Canary Islands; Democratic Republic of Congo; Egypt; Ghana; Kenya; Libya; Nigeria; South Africa; Tanzania; Zambia; Brunei; Hong Kong and Szechuan, Sichuan, China; Laccadive Islands, India; Malaysia; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Ontario and Saskatchewan, Canada; Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, New York, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia, USA; Panama; Brazil; Victoria and Western Australia; New Zealand; Jamaica; Belgium; France; Germany; Great Britain; Greece; Italy; Spain; Sweden; Ukraine; Israel; Oman; and Saudi Arabia), transmission, and conservation status is presented.

scholarly journals The need of a forensic center in the Eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo: results of the first half-year experience at the State University of Bukavu

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Safari Nteranya ◽  
Moise Mbaluku Colombe ◽  
Justin Muderhwa Busingo ◽  
Baudouin Manwa Budwaga ◽  
Pierrot Mulumeoderhwa Kahasha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
The State ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
State University ◽  
Republic Of Congo ◽  
Forensic Center

1. Hormones, history, and the shoulders of giants

2014 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Martin Luck
Keyword(s):  
Human Population ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
Human Growth ◽  
The Body ◽  
Republic Of Congo

‘Hormones, history, and the shoulders of giants’ begins with accounts of extreme human growth: William Rice, a 7 feet 4 inches tall ‘giant’ who died in 1773, and the Efe people of Northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo who are the shortest of any human population. These accounts illustrate how an understanding of hormones permeates our view of how the body works. Hormones are chemicals that coordinate bodily functions. They are secreted in one location and act in another. They move around in the blood and other fluids, and their effects can last for a few seconds or several weeks. Hormone science began with the discovery of secretin by Ernest Starling and William Bayliss in 1902 and has since advanced rapidly.

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