Borewells and Sustainable? In the same breath!!

Mountain gorillas rebounded from about 250 in the 1980s to over 1,000 today, prompting an IUCN upgrade from Critically Endangered to Endangered. (IUCN)

Grauer’s gorillas remain Critically Endangered at around 6,800, with the species still in overall decline. (Wildlife Conservation Society)

Only about 17% of Africa’s gorilla population lives within protected areas. (WWF)

World Gorilla Day marks Dian Fossey founding the Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda’s Virunga Mountains in 1967. (Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund)