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In order to protect the wild animals and improve tourism, government organizations have given development activities to the residents near the parks. Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration project (GVTC) together with Rwanda Development Board (RDB), Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) and ICCN Kinshasa Congo created the development activities for the parks neighbour residents. Game rangers from Virunga

According to the CNN Television news cast on its internet site, existence of gorillas from the volcano in Rwanda came to knowledge in 1902 when a Germany researcher found 2 gorillas in the mountains. From that time, Gorillas have faced many problems among which have been caused by the destruction of forests and actions of

Volcanoes National Park is Rwanda’s part of the Virunga region. It is one of the intensely protected national park in Africa. A recent comprehensive survey conducted by the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund- International’s Karisoke Research Center, CARE International’s Enterprise, Equity and the Environment in the Greater Virunga Landscape Project, and the International Gorilla Conservation Programme

The number of mountain gorillas living in the Virunga Massif in central Africa has soared by 26.3% since 2003, according to a new census. The increase in numbers from 380 to 480 individuals is thanks to “immense” efforts to reduce poaching and disease, scientists said – but should not be read as a sign that

Ian Redmond, the Year of Gorilla Ambassador Ian Redmond said during the World Forestry Congress, recently held in Buenos Aires, that protecting animals and stopping bush meat trade are not a matter of choice, but are actually an essential part of forest preservation. He stated: “Forests don’t have biodiversity, they ARE biodiversity. If we take