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Maps

The programme uses satellite technology to monitor broader landscape changes over time and illustrate the impact of human activities, including agriculture or the influx of refugees, or events such as the volcanic eruption near Goma. The Survey of Gorilla Habitats (SOGHA) project and the subsequent BeGO project are providing IGCP with refined data for field, topographic and vegetation maps of the Virungas and Bwindi and a land use map that reveals changes in vegetation over a ten-year period.

 

False colour map of the Virunga massif - Forest=orange/brown, Bare soil/banana plantation=Blue - EURIMAGE / IGCP

 

Oblique false colour satellite map of the Virunga volcanoes region - Image created by Dr. Scott Madry and Rich Bochkay of Rutgers University

 

Distribution of eastern lowland gorillas, mountain gorillas, protected areas and World heritage sites

 

Vegetation map of the Virunga massif (Fr. version)

 

Percentage of households using wood around the Parc National des Virungas and gorilla group ranges

 

Mean household size around the Parc National des Virungas and recorded human activities in 2001

 

Administrative map showing parishes & districts around the Parc National des Virungas (Fr. version) - IGCP
Route of cross border (DRC and Rwanda) joint patrols carried out in 2002 - IGCP / ICCN / OTRPN / UWA
VVR gorilla home range 2006
VVR illegal activities and gorilla home range_2006
VVR patrol coverage 2006
BINP gorilla home range 2006
BINP illegal activities and gorilla home range 2006
BINP illegal activities during 2006 gorilla census
   

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