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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 given day, there is conflict. But this conflict is not...
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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 Massif and its mountain gorillas. Last week, 10 women and...
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Crash course on Mountain Gorillas
Know the difference between ‘wild’, ‘habituated’, ‘non-habituated’, and ‘captive’ mountain gorillas? Read through these mountain gorilla facts and figures to make yourself a mountain gorilla expert....
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Population of mountain gorillas in Bwindi determined by census
A census of mountain gorillas, Gorilla beringei beringei, conducted in 2011 in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda, confirms a minimum population of 400 gorillas, raising the total world...
View ArticleConcern remains for the mountain gorillas and people of Virunga National...
The status of Virunga National Park’s mountain gorillas remains unknown as rebels continue to occupy the park’s gorilla sector. It has been since May that M23 rebels – also referred to as the Congolese...
View ArticleA long and weary week
It has been almost nine months of renewed insecurity in North Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which includes the area where IGCP works alongside Virunga National Park for the...
View ArticleBack 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, the conditions in different parts of the Virunga...
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Nose prints and mountain gorilla know-how
All gorillas are just as physically and genetically different as you are from your neighbor. To know these differences helps to monitor mountain gorilla population demographic changes and health status...
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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 gorillas. Up-to-date, relevant and timely information is an essential...
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Gorilla & community protectors in DRC receive training, equipment
Don’t be alarmed. The photo above is not an emergency scene, it is a training scene. From October 3rd to 5th, 40 HuGo team members from different corners around the Mikeno sector participated in a...
View ArticleIGCP Job Advert – Conservation Scientist
The International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP) is recruiting a new staff position! Download the Conservation Scientist job advert for more details. Applications should be received by 5 PM...
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Virunga: Conservation undeterred
One cannot say too much, nor say it too loudly, about Virunga National Park, its biodiversity and the people who depend on it and protect it. Virunga has just emerged from a period of intense armed...
View ArticleIGCP Job Advert – Tourism Specialist
The International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP) is recruiting a new staff position! Download the Tourism Specialist job advert for more details. Applications should be received by 5 PM Central...
View ArticleGorilla Friendly™ Pledge to safeguard wild gorillas
Online pledge at www.gorillafriendly.org makes tourists partners in conservation of gorillas in the wild Kigali, Rwanda, 20 June 2014 – The International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP) and...
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Conservation: From Academia to on the Ground Realities
By Sarah Tolbert, IGCP Intern (above left with IGCP conservation team) As a graduate student studying conservation and development, I’ve read my fair share of articles critiquing and praising...
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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 Massif and its mountain gorillas. Last week, 10 women and...
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Crash course on Mountain Gorillas
Know the difference between ‘wild’, ‘habituated’, ‘non-habituated’, and ‘captive’ mountain gorillas? Read through these mountain gorilla facts and figures to make yourself a mountain gorilla expert....
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Population of mountain gorillas in Bwindi determined by census
A census of mountain gorillas, Gorilla beringei beringei, conducted in 2011 in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda, confirms a minimum population of 400 gorillas, raising the total world...
View ArticleConcern remains for the mountain gorillas and people of Virunga National...
The status of Virunga National Park’s mountain gorillas remains unknown as rebels continue to occupy the park’s gorilla sector. It has been since May that M23 rebels – also referred to as the Congolese...
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Gorilla & community protectors in DRC receive training, equipment
Don’t be alarmed. The photo above is not an emergency scene, it is a training scene. From October 3rd to 5th, 40 HuGo team members from different corners around the Mikeno sector participated in a...
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