Grauer's Gorilla

The Maïko National Park (MNP) is one of the least known and most biodiverse of all parks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo comprising over 10,000 km2 of lowland rainforest...

Conservation in the Maïko National Park (MNP) remains difficult: the intensity of threats to the park has not decreased. It is an enormous challenge to keep these threats and...

On November 23, 2010, 9-year-old female Maisha and 7-year-old male Kaboko moved from the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project's (MGVP) orphan quarantine facility in Kinigi,...

While the Maïko National Park still contains a high biodiversity, it is increasingly obvious that its conservation is still dependent on finding a solution for the threats to its...

A census team led by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN) in Kahuzi-Biega National Park in the...

Maïko National Park (MNP) is part of a network of 7 national parks located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The MNP was created in 1970 by Decree no. 70-312, dated 20...

The Kasese region contains the Kahuzi-Biega National Park (KBNP), the Maïko National Park and various forests that are not gazetted as protected areas but have been earmarked as...

Historically, the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project (MGVP), in collaboration with host country national wildlife, natural resource and/or tourism organizations, has served the...

Mount Tshiaberimu is a site that is critical both for conservation and for the development of local communities. It is located in one of the most densely populated areas in Africa...

The rumors began in early February 2010: Somewhere in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, an infant gorilla was being offered for sale. Some said it was a pet. Either way,...