Nine Parts Hard Work, Dedication, and Good Science, One Part Luck

Abstract

a book review concerned with a book about the gorilla conservation in a station in Virunga: The Virunga mountain gorillas represent a classic case history for students of conservation biology, who need to learn that in practice conservation requires compromise, partnerships, and adaptive management responsive to feedback and changes. This message is eloquently made in the book€s finale by Weber and Vedder, which presents an insightful account of the huge achievements that grew from research at Karisoke. Taken as a whole, this well-written book provides an unparalleled vision of mountain gorilla society against a background of a conservation saga that could so easily have ended with extinction.