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Efforts to improve access to water recognized
The International Gorilla Conservation Programme congratulates Imbere Heza for their recent recognition and award from the Rwandan Ministry of Public... 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 »
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 »
Patrol Posts: IGCP’s (Your) present to mountain gorilla conservation
IGCP has handed over patrol posts in Sarambwe Natural Reserve in DRC as well as in Nkuringo near Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. These... Read more »
It takes a village… to stop a buffalo
Bodouine Byibesho has a sharp eye for construction. Mama Bodouine, as she is called, is the president of an “association of mamas” who work to... Read more »
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