Axing “Conflict Minerals” Rule Also Threatens DRC’s Endangered Grauer Gorillas

Mar 2, 2017 | Wilson Center
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For weeks, the primatologists had followed a group of Grauer’s gorillas over rugged terrain – hacking through dense rainforest; following knife-edged ravines; and crossing a nearly impenetrable mountainous landscape in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).