UN meeting pushes for stronger measures to protect gorillas
Original press release from the United Nations Environmental Program can be found here. An international meeting organized by the Convention on... Read more »
Human virus linked to deaths of endangered mountain gorillas
For the first time, a virus that causes respiratory disease in humans has been linked to the deaths of wild mountain gorillas. In a study... Read more »
ACODEC Study Tour: Same region, similar language, different context
The jagged summit of Mikeno could be seen peeking out from between the other volcanoes in the Virunga chain throughout the week as seven members from... Read more »
Congolese government suspends oil exploration to secure Virunga, a World Heritage Site
In an open letter sent to five conservation organizations – including IGCP's coalition of the African Wildlife Foundation, Fauna & Flora... Read more »
Two times the good news for mountain gorilla conservation
Early February 2011 brought the birth of three mountain gorillas over a two-day period in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park, including the birth of... Read more »
Turning beekeeping into a conservation incentive
Conservation work is rarely glamorous, but the efforts made every day by IGCP staff in the field, working alongside park authorities or local... Read more »
Why are conservationists in the business of honey?
Five years ago, these gentlemen carried their beehives out of Virunga National Park as keeping hives within the forest is illegal, and for good... Read more »
Network of automatic weather stations established in mountain gorilla habitat
During the last two months, I have been visiting different areas throughout the region to locate, in collaboration with park authorities, sites... Read more »
Vivid photography by Mattias Klum
National Geographic photographer Mattias Klum joined the census teams during the 2010 census of the mountain gorillas of the Virunga Massif and has... Read more »
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