Parc National des Virunga

Democratic Republic of the Congo
National Park, World Heritage Site
Mountain gorillas are living in the Mikeno Sector, Grauer's gorillas on Mt. Tshiaberimu


Mikeno Sector (below)

Eastern Virunga Volcanoes
Part of the Virunga Conservation Area
(380 mountain gorillas live in that area)
Area: 250 km²
Mountains: Mikeno (4,437 m)
Gorilla tourism possible again

Virunga Conservation Area

Parc National des Virunga

Information about the park: UNESCO

Virunga National Park website

Virunga Gorilla Census (June 2010)

Snares in the Mikeno Sector (June 2010)

Senkwekwe Centre (June 2010)

Gorilla Visits in Virunga National Park (Dec. 2009)

Emergency Funding in Virunga (June 2006)

Eastern Gorilla Orphans (Dec. 2007)

Severe Problems in Virunga National Park (Dec. 2007)

History of the Rugendo Group (Dec. 2007)

Killing of Gorillas in the Virunga National Park (July 2007)

Killing of Two Silverbacks by Rebel Forces (June 2007)

Rehabilitating Confiscated Eastern Gorillas (June 2007)

Mountain Gorilla Mother Killed (June 2007)

The Worst is Happening (Jan. 2007)

Hippo Slaughter (Dec. 2006)

Cave Dwelling Gorillas (Dec. 2006)

Respiratory Diseases in Mountain Gorillas (Dec. 2005)

Conservation Law Enforcement Training (Dec. 2005)

Activities of a Local NGO (Dec. 2005)

Unconventional Warfare in Virunga (Dec. 2004)

Fire in the Mikeno Sector (Dec. 2004)

Low Wall High Impact (Dec. 2004)

Virunga Gorilla Census (June 2004)

Dialogue Committees (June 2003)

Primates at the Edge of the Abyss (June 2003)

Mikeno Gorillas (Dec. 2002)

Mountain Gorilla Confiscated (Dec. 2002)

Nyiragongo and Nyamulagira Eruption (updated August 2004)

Rugendo Killed (Dec. 2001)

Will the Virunga National Park Survive? (June 2000)

Acute Danger For the Virunga National Park (June 1999)

The Mikeno Gorillas (Dec. 1998)

Two Gorillas Killed in Jomba (Dec. 1998)

Conservation during the Crisis (June 1997)

News from the Southern Sector of the Virunga National Park (June 1997)

Gorillas of the Mikeno (Dec. 1996)


References

 Conservation areas

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