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Virunga’s First Hydroelectric Plant Online! 18 Aug 2013 | 10:58 pm
Virunga’s Hydroelectric Team. Virunga National Park has brought the rural community of Mutwanga its first electrical grid. If you have been reading this blog over the last two years, you’ve witnessed...
Ranger Killed in Ambush of the Museya Patrol Post 3 Aug 2013 | 10:29 am
I am very sorry to report that another member of our ranger staff has been killed. Ranger Kasereka Kipako, age 34, was ambushed at his patrol post while his fellow rangers were out on a morning patrol...
July 31st is World Ranger Day! 31 Jul 2013 | 11:09 pm
Today is World Ranger Day and we hope you will join us in celebrating the brave rangers around the world who risk their lives every day to protect the planet’s endangered plants and animals. Sadly, to...
Andre and Diddy Report on Two of Virunga’s Baby Mountain Gorillas 28 Jul 2013 | 08:54 pm
3-year-old Matabishi who was recently found abandoned by animal traffickers Andre Bauma, Chief Caregiver at the Senkwekwe Orphan Gorilla Center, reports that little Matabishi is doing quite well afte...
Baby Mountain Gorilla in the Rugendo Family Killed 23 Jul 2013 | 07:23 pm
By Ranger Sekibibi Bareke It is with sadness that I must report the death a Janja’s baby, Burungani. A week ago, we received news the Rugendo family was eating maize and sorghum crops outside the par...
Young Gorilla Found Alone Two Kilometers Outside Virunga NP 26 Jun 2013 | 09:14 pm
By Ranger Sekibibi Bareke A few nights ago we received a call from the head of Bikenge patrol post, who told us a very young male gorilla was found alone in a cornfield two kilometers outside the par...
Wonderful news from the Mapuwa family of mountain gorillas 25 Jun 2013 | 10:48 pm
It is with great joy that we announce the birth of a new baby into the Mapuwa family. Sekibibi and a team of fellow rangers were monitoring the family, which is currently living at Nyarutembe near the...
Virunga’s New Aerial GIS Capability 22 Jun 2013 | 07:39 pm
By Adam Kiefer. I recently returned from a two week visit to Virunga National Park headquarters in Rumangabo. The purpose of my trip was to install an aerial GIS camera system in the park’s Cessna 18...
Anti-Charcoal Patrol Results in Arrests 15 Jun 2013 | 09:13 pm
By Ranger Sekibibi Bareke Unfortunately, the increased instability caused by the current conflict has created a more favorable atmosphere for rebel groups, such as the FDLR and Mai Mai Nyatura, to in...
Three Buffalo Killed by Angry Villagers Near Jomba 12 Jun 2013 | 10:07 am
By Ranger Sekibibi Bareke. Recently, our Chief Warden of the Southern Sector, Innocent Mburanumwe received a call from the head of the Jomba patrol post, who said that villagers had killed three buff...
