Special gorilla teamwork
Three countries have come together for the first time, to try to save the mountain gorillas of central Africa.
Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda have launched a project to improve their security.
One of the world’s most endangered species, they live at the point where the three countries meet.
There are only about 700 mountain gorillas still left in the world and they have been hit by the destruction of the forests - their natural habitat.
The 10-year conservation project, which was launched in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, is to focus on greater security and ways of discouraging local communities from destroying the region’s forests.
It aims to give them a share of the money made from gorilla-trekking permits.
The first four years of the project are being funded by the Dutch government at a cost of $6m.
The Gorilla Organization has been working  internationally for 10 years to save the world’s last remaining gorillas from extinction by supporting long-term education, economic development and conservation projects in the poor communities surrounding the gorilla habitat.
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