UN Environment director Erik Solheim was visibly moved by his...

UN Environment director Erik Solheim was visibly moved by his visit to see critically endangered Mountain gorillas in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park this week. “They are so unbelievably close to humans,” he said. “Gorillas share 99 percent of their DNA with you and me, and the closer to humans no one can be.” For more, visit http://ift.tt/2dP74ga http://ift.tt/2ef2rvy

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  UN Environment director Erik Solheim joined with GRASP coordinator Doug Cress to visit critically endangered Mountain gorillas this week in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park. There are an estimated 880 Mountain gorillas in the wild, yet they are the only population of great apes known to be rising in number. Solheim spent time with the 27-member Agashya group, and cited gorilla ecotourism as an “excellent” example of Green Economy. (Photos by Michael Booth / DCPI / UNEP).