10 June 2009: Held from 9-10 June 2009, in Frankfurt, Germany, under the title “Gentle Giants in need,” a conference was organized by the German Government, the Frankfurt Zoological Society and the Frankfurt Zoo to mark the UN Year of the Gorilla and the 30th Anniversary of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species.

The meeting adopted the “Frankfurt Declaration,” in which participants highlighted major threats to gorillas and their habitats, and conservation strategies, and appealed to governments, the international community and industrial companies to enhance activities to reduce threats to the remaining gorilla populations in the wild. [UNEP/CMS press release, 10 June 2009] [The Frankfurt Declaration]