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Gorillas Likely to Get a Boost as Rangers Return
Gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park have been given a boost as up to 70 rangers have returned to their posts, with... Read more »
IGCP Provides Emergency Funding in Congo for Gorilla Protection
IGCP has recently provided upwards of $50,000 to the Congolese national park authority to help ensure mountain gorillas in the Democratic Republic of... Read more »
Fighting in the Congo Rages While IGCP Moves to Protect Park Rangers
In a renewed flurry of fighting in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the army of rebel leader Laurent Nkunda has seized the important... Read more »
Baby Gorilla Seized from Traffickers
A two year old female Eastern Lowland Gorilla has been seized from traffickers in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The DRC park authority... Read more »
Naming Gorillas in Rwanda
Jamie – the IGCP Communications Officer – here again. I am recently back from Kwita Izina – Rwanda’s mountain gorilla naming ceremony. Kwita... Read more »
Back to eastern DRC — a first visit since the war
Hi, this is Wellard again –writing to tell you about the rest of our visit to DRC, a journey of mixed emotions. After leaving the beekeepers, we... Read more »
My first field visit after the war
Hi, everybody! I am Wellard Makambo. Makambo means “issues or words” in my mother tongue. Fortunately I don’t have many issues in my life at... Read more »
Training Rangers for Tourism in the Congo
My name is Alister Mungai and I am the Programme Assistant for IGCP. After ICCN (the Congo government’s national park and nature conservation... Read more »
The Impact of Climate Change on Mountain Gorillas
Nowadays, there is a growing consensus in the scientific community that climate change is occurring and is one of many possible causes of... Read more »
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