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Daily info gathering by rangers feeds park planning
Data crunching. It's not very glamorous, but it is vitally important to the conservation of the critically-endangered mountain... Read more »
Back to the business of mountain gorilla monitoring
Monitoring the location and health of habituated mountain gorillas is something, under ideal circumstances, that happens every day. Unfortunately,... Read more »
Rainwater harvesting experts on all sides of the Virunga Massif
Here's another story of people from different sides of the border working together to help their communities and reduce pressure on the Virunga... Read more »
Being neighborly in the Virunga Massif
The Virunga Massif is divvied up among three countries, and there is a place in the Massif where Rwandan farmland abuts a Congolese park. On any... Read more »
Celebrating Environment Explorers!
With the world's many environmental challenges, we need youth to actively participate in finding solutions. Not when they become adults- their time... Read more »
Poacher’s snare causes death of an infant mountain gorilla
Three-year-old mountain gorilla Ngwino is dead. And contributing to her death was a rope snare set by a poacher to capture an antelope for wild meat.... Read more »
Tales and Treasures from Kwita Izina
Last weekend, Rwanda hosted the 8th Annual mountain gorilla naming ceremony called Kwita Izina. Here is a taste of the two-day event, in which all... Read more »
Counting Down to Kwita Izina
Living in a tropical climate means that it is sometimes difficult to distinguish one part of the year from another. The clues - more rain or less... Read more »
Cows and mountain gorillas
What would you place more value on, a cow or a gorilla? Chances are your response is 'gorilla'. But for people living near the gorilla parks, a... Read more »
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