The Congolese Wildlife Authority slowly lost control of Virunga and Unesco changed the World Heritage Site status to "endangered," the park says ... as saying on a National Geographic blog last ...

Five rangers and their driver have been killed at the Virunga National Park in the ... Congo's armed groups are also based in the park, where they often poach animals. Virunga is home to about ...

(Read about Virunga's park warden, National Geographic Explorer Emmanuel ... (Read the lessons learned on how to stop Ebola in its tracks.) Wild animals like monkeys and bats sold for food are ...

The Virunga National Park is particularly important in this ... exploitation and destruction of the park's ecosystem and its animal inhabitants. Read more: Unsettling Reasons You May Want To ...

“Virunga National Park has suffered more service deaths amongst its rangers ... www.gorilla.cd WWF is a long term supporter of the management of the park through the Congolese Wildlife Authority ...

Virunga is national property ... else—that along with the slow return of wildlife, the long-abandoned Rwindi Hotel may also return, if the park can find the money to restore it.

rangers observed animals such as chimpanzees fleeing to areas of the park where trees had not yet been felled. Méthode Bagurubumwe Uhoze, head of external relations at Virunga National Park ...

Mountain gorillas live in just two isolated groups – one in the Virunga volcanoes – spanning the borders of Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and one in Bwindi ...

Aerial census of wildlife populations has not been undertaken since ... in Naples, Italy. VII.13 Virunga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo) IUCN provided a detailed report, including a ...

Virunga National Park, located in Eastern Congo ... But the park has faced increasing pressure from local militia groups that have waged violent attacks on its animals and employees, all while various ...