Conservation and Management of the Itombwe Nature Reserve: Major Challenges
The Itombwe Nature Reserve (INR) is located in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the province of South Kivu, west of Lake...
[details]Itombwe Nature Reserve: Conservation Efforts 2017 to 2019
The East African Albertine Rift is known for its extremely high biodiversity and endemism, the highest in continental Africa, and has been the subject...
[details]The Itombwe Nature Reserve Faces Many Threats
Regretfully, we must draw the attention of the conservation community to an observation made during our last environmental education mission on 29...
[details]Law Enforcement in Itombwe Reserve
Conservation approaches in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have evolved from fine and fences, top-down approaches to adaptive co-management...
[details]Banro's Activities in the Itombwe Nature Reserve
After investigation and verification on site, the management team of Itombwe Nature Reserve confirms with regret that the company Banro has not only...
[details]An Initiative by Local Women for the Families of the Itombwe Reserve's Rangers
Femmes Leaders pour l'Environnement, Unies pour sa Restauration (FLEUR - Women Leaders for the Environment: United for the Purpose of its Restoration)...
[details]International Primatological Society Meeting in Nairobi
From 19-25 August 2018, the biannual conference of the International Primatological Society, organised by Johannes Refisch (GRASP), took place in the...
[details]Street Lighting in Mwenga Centre
The Democratic Republic of the Congo teems with important natural and biological resources. As they are so important for growth, development, the...
[details]Bandits Kill an Itombwe Ranger
On 5 May, 2017 a convoy of conservation workers from the Itombwe Reserve was ambushed by an armed group. During this attack, a ranger was fatally...
[details]On the Road to Extinction? A Population Estimate of Great Apes in Itombwe
Periodic censuses of threatened wildlife populations of high profile species help us to understand their population dynamics, assess the success of...
[details]Protection of Itombwe
The Itombwe Nature Reserve is a key site for biodiversity in Africa. Although Grauer’s gorilla numbers have declined drastically, there is still...
[details]Participatory Mapping in the Itombwe Nature Reserve
The Itombwe Massif is one of the important areas for biodiversity in the Albertine Region. It is mainly known for the discovery of the eastern lowland...
[details]The Itombwe Forest is now Protected
The Itombwe Reserve’s boundaries were formally approved by Provincial decree in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a significant step towards...
[details]The Conservation of Itombwe Nature Reserve
Itombwe Nature Reserve (INR) is a key site for biodiversity in Africa in general and the region of the Albertine Rift in particular (Doumenge &...
[details]Survey in Itombwe 2006
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has been undertaking biological inventories in the Itombwe Massif since 1995. This area holds the largest and...
