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Documenting the Families of Volcanoes National Park

Documenting the Families of Volcanoes National Park

The puffy white clouds were morphing to gray as we stood in front Sabyinyo Volcano’s knotty peaks.  As they are want to do, they started creeping... Read more »

Groundbreaking Gathering Seeks to Probe the Impacts of Climate Change on the Highly Endangered Mountain Gorilla

Groundbreaking Gathering Seeks to Probe the Impacts of Climate Change on the Highly Endangered Mountain Gorilla

12 February 2010 - How is climate change impacting the mountain gorilla and its conservation?  This question will be investigated in the first... Read more »

Trekking at the Intersection of Climate Change and Gorilla Conservation

Trekking at the Intersection of Climate Change and Gorilla Conservation

The sense of stillness, clarity and peace are overwhelming as we approach the Gikeri patrol post.  Fat fields of beans, cabbage and sweet potatoes... Read more »

Highly Endangered Mountain Gorilla to Get Counted in Vital Census

Highly Endangered Mountain Gorilla to Get Counted in Vital Census

The critically endangered mountain gorilla’s current status is to be revealed through a census to determine its population size in the Virunga... Read more »

Building a Future in Bukima

Building a Future in Bukima

Goma bustles.  Goma hustles.  Goma tussles with poverty and the effects of a devastating decade plus war in this resource rich sector of Eastern... Read more »

Walking Under the Volcanoes’ Shadow with the Batwa

Walking Under the Volcanoes’ Shadow with the Batwa

The moss drips from the trees surrounding the camp in a filigree of light and delicate wisps of the bright green and earthy chocolates of the... Read more »

Twins! A Baby! A Community on the Move!

Twins! A Baby! A Community on the Move!

Wobbling down what seems like an endless descent from the lofty perches of Nkuringo Ridge, the village of Kahurire in the patchwork of green hollows... Read more »

Premier Issue of IGCP Newsletter Sets the Silverback Standard for Mountain Gorilla Conservation News

Premier Issue of IGCP Newsletter Sets the Silverback Standard for Mountain Gorilla Conservation News

In the latest of a year of firsts for IGCP’s communications and media efforts, the premier issue of the IGCP newsletter, The Silverback Standard,... Read more »

The Dividends of Peace in a Stunning Landscape

The Dividends of Peace in a Stunning Landscape

All we had to do was follow the dung.  It was fresh, and we found piles of it about every 100 meters.  A pile here under the crowded bamboo stands,... Read more »

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  • Caught in the Crossfire: Concern for the people and gorillas of Virunga National Park

    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...

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    Mikeno Sector becomes refuge for militia loyal to Bosco Ntaganda

    Mikeno Sector becomes refuge for militia loyal to Bosco Ntaganda

    We are sorry to report that the forests of Virunga National Park in Eastern DRC have become ground zero for the hunt for renegade general Bosco Ntaganda and troops loyal to him. Here is the report of the situation...

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    Buniga Forest Walk: Meet the Batwa then and now

    Buniga Forest Walk: Meet the Batwa then and now

    The Buniga Forest Walk is now open! Located in Nkuringo near Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda, this 1.5 km trail explores Buniga Forest, with its lush tree ferns and giant lobelia. The Walk is guided by...

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    Buniga Forest Walk: Involving the Batwa in conservation

    Buniga Forest Walk: Involving the Batwa in conservation

    If you are ever curious as to why conservation organizations like IGCP are working to collaborate with the Batwa people of the region, all you have to do is watch one of their members set a snare for wildlife with not...

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  • A New Silverback for IGCP: Augustin Kanyunyi Basabose

    A New Silverback for IGCP: Augustin Kanyunyi Basabose

    Augustin Kanyunyi Basabose, one of Africa’s leading experts on Great Apes, is now the Interim Director of the International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP) – a coalition of the African Wildlife Foundation,...

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    World Water Day: Behind the scenes of a conservation water scheme

    World Water Day: Behind the scenes of a conservation water scheme

    A woman enters the Virunga Massif with her baby tied on her back. She's looking for a few jerricans of water to do the washing, cooking, and provide drinking water for her family. With limited choices, she enters the...

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    Renewed coordinated patrols to curb poaching in Virunga Massif

    Renewed coordinated patrols to curb poaching in Virunga Massif

    In the heart of the Virunga Massif, unhabituated mountain gorillas range. Unfortunately, poachers also range there, setting traps called snares for wildlife. In early February, one of those unhabituated mountain...

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    IGCP coalition celebrates 20th anniversary and launches effort to develop new strategy

    IGCP coalition celebrates 20th anniversary and launches effort to develop new strategy

    We are pleased to share the news that Eugène Rutagarama, IGCP Director since 2003, will soon lead a task force that will craft a new strategy for the organization. Dr. Augustin Basabose, currently Species...

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