Two decades ago, the (1.nature)......... Dian Fossey, whose story is featured in film Gorillas in the Mist, drew the world's attention to the plight of the African moutain gorilla, and convinced the Rwandan government of their (2.signify).........to the country. She correctly predicted that gorilla-related tourism would create more (3.employ).......and generate more income than poaching could. After Ms.Fossey's (4.tragedy)......in 1985, there were no more poaching deaths, either human or gorilla, for many years. But a (5.mercy).........  attack in 2002 sparked worries that the trade in live gorrilas was still going strong. Two adults females were killed leaving several babies (6.mother)...... a three-year-old was stolen and a male gorilla was shot and wounded. Experts feared for the life of the youngest gorilla, as no baby has ever survived in (7.capture)........Today, there are only an (8.estimation0......700 gorillas left in the world, so every individual is important to the (9.survive).........of the species. In 2008, a new project began, ivolving the three African countriea where the gorillas live. It aims to project these apes with improved security and by (10.encourage)...... local communities from destroying the region's forest.