Mountain Gorilla

In the past decade or more, thousands of seedlings and saplings have been planted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda in an effort to alleviate the relentless...

A census of the gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park conducted in 2011 confirms a minimum population of 400 gorillas, raising the world population of mountain gorillas to...

Good news for the Sarambwe patrol post: we received euro 2,500 from the Ape Campaign of the European Zoo Association EAZA to improve the living conditions of the rangers! With...

With rebel troops bearing down on Virunga National Park headquarters at Rumangabo, the decision to evacuate all ranger families has been made. Rangers need to continue their work...

Virunga National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is located along the eastern border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is Africa’s oldest national park. Home to a...

Everything starts with awareness. Virunga needs you to spread the news of the crisis to everyone you know and ask each of them to do the same. By harnessing the power of...

Ever since the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, the region has been plagued with civil war. Blessed by boundless natural resources, minerals, and fossil fuel deposits, the area around...

Against the backdrop of war – and despite the death of 130 of their comrades over the last 15 years – Virunga’s park rangers continue to protect the mountain gorillas. Why do they...

Despite the seemingly endless conflict, Virunga is actually one of the great success stories in international conservation. That’s because the park has managed to increase...

The mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) is listed as Critically Endangered (C1) by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). As of Spring 2010, the...