The development board of Rwanda will name 11 rare baby gorillas as part of a traditional World Environmental Day.
The ceremony, called kwita izina, will take place on 5 June at the foot of the volcanoes deVirunga mountains in Rwanda's Northern Province.
The event will hopefully raise awareness for the conservation protecting endangered mountain gorillas.
Anette Tamara Mbabazi, Rwanda Development Board's media and events officer, said that the international year of the biodiversity would focus on raising awareness of the importance of biodiversity and its protection from underlying threats as well as the significance of establishing interconnections between biodiversity, conservation and climate change.
No comments:
Post a Comment