the population of gorillas has declined alarmingly in the war-ravaged eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Several years ago there were 258 gorillas in the highlands of the

Benefits from upstream irrigation projects cannot replace those derived from natural floodplains

In east Africa the latest war casualties are gorillas

Multinational toba-cco companies faced with shrinking markets and increasing restrictions in the industrialised world, are wooing consumers throughout the newly-opened econo-mies of Loas, Cam-bodia,

A new strain of rice keeps off weeds and trebles yeild

scientists working on the east African island of Zanzibar have observed that the red colobus monkey ( Procolobus Kirkii ) has added charcoal to its diet, apparently to help it overcome the

African bushmen stand the risk of contracting deadly viruses from bushmeat

A NEW predatory mite has proved to be a boon for Africa's cassava (a root crop) fields. Recently, scientists from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in lbadan, Nigeria,