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Eugène Named Rwanda’s Conservation King by CNN

Eugène Named Rwanda’s Conservation King by CNN

01 Jun 2010. posted by eugene

We at IGCP are thrilled to announce that our very own Eugène Rutagarama is being featured on CNN’s African Voices. Recipient of the Jean Paul... Read more »

Death of Mountain Gorillas in Research Groups in Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda

Death of Mountain Gorillas in Research Groups in Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda

19 May 2010. posted by eugene

KIGALI, RWANDA-- The International Gorilla Conservation Program has just learned that one mother gorilla and three infant mountain gorillas have died... 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

10 Feb 2010. posted by Jamie Kemsey

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

Highly Endangered Mountain Gorilla to Get Counted in Vital Census

Highly Endangered Mountain Gorilla to Get Counted in Vital Census

08 Feb 2010. posted by Jamie Kemsey

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 »

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

19 Nov 2009. posted by Jamie Kemsey

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 »

Going Viral: IGCP Launches New Interactive Website

Going Viral: IGCP Launches New Interactive Website

25 Aug 2009. posted by Jamie Kemsey

Unveiling a new era for communicating its work to practitioners and the public alike, the International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP) has... Read more »

Gorillas Believed To Be Safe As National Park Fire Extinguished

Gorillas Believed To Be Safe As National Park Fire Extinguished

25 Jul 2009. posted by Jamie Kemsey

The Rwanda National Park Service, local authorities, community members, police and a cadre of soldiers are battling a fire in Volcanoes National Park... Read more »

Increase in DRC Habituated Mountain Gorilla Population

Increase in DRC Habituated Mountain Gorilla Population

12 Jul 2009. posted by Jamie Kemsey

IGCP has played an integral role in a recently completed survey of the habituated gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National... Read more »

Mysterious Gorilla Death in Bwindi Under Investigation

Mysterious Gorilla Death in Bwindi Under Investigation

12 Jul 2009. posted by wellard

An adult female gorilla in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda has died under mysterious circumstances. The female, named Kasongo, was from the... 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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