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The goal of the International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP) is to ensure the conservation of mountain gorillas and their regional afromontane forest habitat in Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).Read more »
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Monitoring reports from North Kivu, DRC
Throughout the week, IGCP has kept in touch with our partners throughout Mikeno sector including Virunga National Park staff, partner NGOs, and community organizations we work with. In an objective assessment of community conservation in the 20 years of the IGCP coalition, the authors wrote "The true value of community conservation is only likely to be realized under non-normal 'shock' conditions." We are... Read more »
Caught in the Crossfire: Concern for the people and gorillas of Virunga National Park
The mountain gorilla sector of Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo is under siege after an infiltration by renegade soldiers last week. Above photo by LuAnne Cadd/ Virunga National Park. The situation is complicated and evolving in each moment, but to help everyone understand the situation, Virunga National Park posted a summary of events and their locations on the website gorilla.cd. We... Read more »
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