The Great Apes

[Tshokwane]

All credits to Alan Goodall.

This is a video that I made in 1988 when I was Director of Karisoke Research Centre - after the murder of Dian Fossey (who I had first worked with in 1970 when I began my research there)


This was to be used by the then Digit Fund (which had been set up by Dian) for promotional and fund raising purposes.

It had been agreed in a new Management Plan with ORTPN (the National Parks Authorities in Rwanda in 1980’s) that Karisoke should be reserved as a Research Centre, and not part of the tourism section - and under separate management by the Digit Fund.

This agreement re the special status of Karisoke was always under pressure by the then Director of ORTPN, to allow tourists to visit - who paid their special fees to the park.

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