Mountain gorilla population thought to be growing despite warfare in Africa's Great Lakes Region . The number of gorillas in the Virunga chain of volcanoes, which straddles Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, has increased from 320 to 355 since 1989, according to the latest monitoring data from the African Wildlife Foundation. January 28, 2001. Africans need to prepare themselves for what is coming. Today, approximately 38 percent of Africa's population lives in urban centers.
Urban growth can lead to endless and crippling problems when it is unplanned, random and chaotic.
The survivability of urban populations is quickly becoming a pressing global issue. It will take them eight months to do the 3,000 kilometer hike. At first glance, this seemed like a ho-hum story. But on reflection, we are reminded that our coastlines around the world are in a state of crisis largely because of the enormous human migration to the coasts and the resulting human activity along them. From an environmental standpoint, coastal zones are overcrowded, overdeveloped, and overexploited.