Axing “Conflict Minerals” Rule Also Threatens DRC’s Endangered Grauer Gorillas

The original version of this article, by Sharon Guynup, appeared on Mongabay.For weeks, the primatologists had followed a group of Grauer’s gorillas over rugged terrain – hacking through dense rainforest; following knife-edged ravines; and crossing a nearly impenetrable mountainous landscape in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).Stuart Nixon, Chryso Kaghoma, and … Continue reading Axing “Conflict Minerals” Rule Also Threatens DRC’s Endangered Grauer Gorillas