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Media Coverage  

Intergovernmental Meeting on Great Apes and First GRASP Council Meeting ( 5-9 September 2005)
Held in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo), the IGM on Great Apes and First GRASP Council Meeting fostered wide interest in the international press.

The UNEP/UNESCO Experts Meeting on Great Apes/GRASP (26-28 November 2003)
The enormous amount of media coverage from the GRASP Paris meeting gives an insight into the concerns the world has about the situation of the great apes.

GRASP Public Service Announcements.
A Great Ape awareness raising video done in conjunction with Television Trust for the Environment aired on CNN and BBC. Download here 64kps| 150kps | 300kps

Other media reports

 
Radio Netherlands
October 2004
Click here to access and listen to the full documentary, as featured on Radio Netherlands.
 
     
 

BBC News
June 2002
Click here to see the full story on BBC News online.

  Earth Report on BBC World TV
June 2002; PART 1 & PART 2

PART 1 : No Hiding Place tracks the plight of gorillas, chimpanzees and other wild animals, currently being hunted to the brink of extinction in the central
African rainforests. More.

PART 2: A UK television film says users of mobile telephones and other electronic goods are endangering some African ape populations. More.