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Aerial Geographic Information System (GIS)/Photographic Capability Needed to Protect Virunga

Aerial Geographic Information System (GIS)/Photographic Capability Needed to Protect Virunga

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Virunga National Park has an urgent need to increase its geographic information system (GIS) capability in order to better protect wildlife and habitat. The greatest need at the moment is to equip the park’s Cessna 182 surveillance aircraft with a GIS system that is able to simultaneously photograph and “geo tag” the exact location of

Silverback Makunda

Mikeno Silverbacks Battle for Supremacy

Mikeno Silverbacks Battle for Supremacy

Silverback Makunda

Silverback Kabirizi’s status as the dominant silverback of his group looked to be reaffirmed a few weeks ago, but silverback Bageni’s pursuit of dominance has proven to be unrelenting. According to Southern Sector Warden, Innocent Mburanumwe, and his second in command, Sekibibi Bareke, Bageni has once again challenged Kabirizi’s rule over Virunga’s largest mountain gorilla

Rangers Arrest Three for Killing Bushbuck

Rangers Arrest Three for Killing Bushbuck

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Virunga’s Head Warden of the Southern Sector, Innocent Mburanumwe, recently received a tip from someone in the Biruma sector of the park (7 km from Virunga HQ in Rumangabo) that three individuals were illegally hunting bushbuck with their dogs. Despite the insecurity caused by the presence of FDLR (who’s command structure is made up of

Mount Tshiaberimu

A gorilla vet pays a visit to Mount Tshiaberimu

A gorilla vet pays a visit to Mount Tshiaberimu

Mount Tshiaberimu

As I’m sure you know, the last few months have been tough here for us in DR Congo. Fighting and general instability made it hard for us to carry on working as normal – which is why I’ve not updated this blog for a little while… But, the good news is that, while times were

New Baby from the Mapuwa Family

New Baby from the Mapuwa Family

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It is with great joy that we announce the birth of a new baby into the Mapuwa family. Sekibibi and a team of fellow rangers were monitoring the family, which is currently living at Nyarutembe near the Bharati patrol post, when they noticed that a female was carrying a newborn baby. At first, the team

Ivory Traffickers Congo

Ivory Traffickers Arrested in Goma

Ivory Traffickers Arrested in Goma

Ivory Traffickers Congo

After a month of intelligence gathering and undercover work a team of our rangers moved in on an ivory trafficking ring in Goma yesterday. The outcome was successful with ivory seized and two key traffickers arrested. The operation proved incredibly difficult, requiring sensitive coordination on both sides of the battlefront. The plan was to carry