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FO RC E S O F N AT U R E the fund, which supports the gorillas, who in return help sup- port…all of us. “The forest is critical to our survival,” says Dian CONTINUED FROM PAGE 91 Fossey Gorilla Fund President and CEO and Chief Scientific Officer Tara Stoinski, PhD. “Gorillas are the gardeners of the shade of an umbrella acacia tree, and Kivuyo whipped out an second-largest tropical rain forest left on earth, and thus they array of stainless steel containers brimming with food. Not once are one of our best natural defenses against climate change.” did I see a piece of plastic, just a small reminder of the many ways Asilia Africa—one of East Africa’s long-standing safari The mountain gorillas have also become one of Africa’s companies and Dunia’s owner—has committed to sustainabil- greatest success stories: In 1967, there were less than 300; to- ity. Over steaming cups of coffee, I asked Kivuyo how she came day, their population stands at more than 1,000. But in a rap- to be a guide. “A team from Asilia came to Sambwa, the small idly warming world with increasing population pressures, village where I grew up,” she said. “They were there to support and the continuous threat of disease, poaching, and habitat clean water initiatives, and I heard mention of a scholarship for encroachment, it’s a precarious success that requires constant those interested in tourism.” Most of her peers had finished vigilance and financial support. As one of the exhibits at the secondary school and quickly married, but Kivuyo had pro- Ellen DeGeneres Campus puts it, “Humans are gorillas’ great- fessional aspirations. She landed the competitive scholarship est threat, and their biggest hope.” Even tourists. ▪ to attend tourism school, and began working at Asilia-owned camps after that, first as a waitress and eventually working her BALANCING ACT way up to staff cook. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 94 She had her sights set on guiding, though. “It’s not easy. You have to prove yourself,” Kivuyo says. “Luckily, I love a chal- villages, a women-run coffee cooperative, a wetlands resto- lenge.” Every year, around 500 hopefuls attend Asilia’s three- ration project, and the construction of a community center in day guide tryout in the city of Arusha; a guiding job not only a local village. comes with prestige, but wages enough to support an entire family. At the end of the selection process, just 15 to 20 candi- “Because of the economic benefits of tourism, local commu- dates are chosen to begin the monthlong guiding foundation nities now understand that the great apes are an asset,” explains course. Of those, only about half make it to the trainee phase. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Uganda’s first wildlife veterinarian Kivuyo, whose first name translates in Arabic to “brightest star and founder of the nonprofit Conservation Through Public in the darkest night,” is a shining example for the girls in her Health. “When people are healthy and their basic needs are met, village, having beat out the steep competition to achieve guide they are more likely to promote conservation.” status while still in her twenties. The ultimate goal here is to restore the forest corridors On the evening of my last game drive, we were hours away and link this community of stranded chimpanzees with the from camp when lightning flashed across the darkening savan- greater chimp population within Queen Elizabeth National na. Then the rain came, gusting in sheets and washing out the Park, a lofty ambition that will require cooperation between rough dirt road. The wheels of our Land Cruiser spun fruit- the government, the local community, and tourism operators. lessly as we sank into the slick mud. It would have been easy to Tourists often ask, Why go to all the trouble to protect this small panic. We were deep in the Serengeti, with spotty radio service, family of chimpanzees? “This project offers a snapshot of the and thanks to all our wildlife sightings, I knew exactly what was greater conservation challenges humanity faces,” Moman says. out there skulking through the grasses and rivers surrounding “Throughout the world’s greatest wilderness areas, we are los- us. Yet I felt nothing but trust in Kivuyo. “No worries,” she said, ing species, losing habitat, while the surrounding communities flashing me a grin and grabbing a car jack. “I’ve got this.”▪ become poorer. Here, we have a chance to do something.” And what they learn here from trying to save these “Lost Chimps” CLOSE ENCOUNTER may help other species find their way into the future, too. ▪ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 93 OUR ABORTION STORIES plans to expand Volcanoes National Park by nearly 9,300 acres CONTINUED FROM PAGE 103 to accommodate the growing gorilla population. take care of this child? I had just graduated high school. I was The day after my gorilla trek, I visited the brand-new Ellen trying to get into [college]. What was I supposed to do? You say, DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund. The Fossey “Have the kid.” You say that’s being pro-life. But what happens Fund has worked to protect and monitor wild gorillas and their when I have the kid? Would I have then been the welfare queen habitats, and train the next generation of African conservation- that people would have talked about? ists, since its founding in 1967. The plight of these endangered GP: Had we not had that person who could get my former wife apes gained international attention thanks to the late famed into the hospital, it would’ve been catastrophic. And the reason primatologist, who made her home, known as the Karisoke was not medical—it was politics. There was this political deci- Research Center, here in Volcanoes National Park. I hoped that sion made by a hospital board that they weren’t going to do this my campus visit would provide deeper context to my recent without any consideration of what was happening to our family. great ape encounter. “If we can get a traveler to take a safari or That’s the thing about these stories. They impact everybody. As gorilla trek, but also expose them to the conservation work that a husband, to see my former wife go through the anguish…. To allows for those experiences, we can create activists who can pay this day, that’s incredibly tough for her to think about; it’s tough it forward for the next generation of travelers,” says Maija de Rijk- for me to think about. Uys, managing director of Go2Africa, which has partnered with PJ: The thing that strikes me is how different each of our ex- the Fossey Fund to offer immersive tours of the new campus. periences were, but also how they’re all rooted in this idea: It’s our choice, our bodies. We get the right to either make the The campus’s gallery is full of interactive exhibits that determination or not. ▪ bring Fossey’s story to life, while also providing in-depth in- formation about the mountain gorillas, including their closely bonded social structure, their different personalities, and the many threats they face. The tour ends on a hopeful note, by encouraging visitors to take real action to support the work of 145

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