#WildlifeProtection

Congo remains one of the few countries where mountain gorillas and eastern lowland gorillas live in protected reserves within their native habitat. That fact alone places it in a rare category of primate conservation destinations. But unlike its regional neighbours, the Democratic Republic of Congo carries an additional weight: history, complexity, and misperception. Virunga and...Read More

Uganda’s national parks form one of the most functionally significant conservation networks in East Africa. Each park was gazetted through legal instruments to preserve ecological processes that support biodiversity, water systems, carbon storage, and community adaptation. Their locations reflect strategic choices to safeguard species-rich zones, transitional ecosystems, and biologically sensitive corridors. They represent long-term investment...Read More

Dian Fossey came to Rwanda in 1967 with little more than a notebook, a camera, and a fierce will to understand mountain gorillas. She set up camp in the Virunga Mountains, a region many conservationists had written off as too dangerous and too remote. Instead of backing down, she stayed. She learned the rhythms of...Read More