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Defenders: saving Congo's parks


  • The Rutshuru River in eastern DRC, which feeds the Virunga national park hydroelectric power plant in Matebe.

    ‘You think it’s over, but it begins again’: can Virunga national park survive more conflict and a new hunt for oil?

    After years of progress, a surge in rebel attacks has revived painful memories around the park in DRC, which also faces a threat of drilling within its boundaries
  • DRCONGO_GUARDIAN_CONSERVATION<br>"Bonne Annee" an Eastern Lowland Gorilla, sits and eats vegetation in the Kahuzi Biega National Park  Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo  Tuesday, June 4, 2019. When the Kahuzi Biega Park was first established 50 years ago their habitat was over 8000 square miles of the DRCongo, an area that has halved along with the number of gorillas. Rangers face daily threats and four have died in the last year from attacks by poachers and people exploiting the park.

    Gorillas, charcoal and the fight for survival in Congo's rainforest

    A deadly conflict simmers between the autochthon people forced out of Kahuzi-Biéga national park, and the rangers protecting the land
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