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Virunga National ParkArchive of news articles on external web sites. For mongabay-specific articles, please see http://www.mongabay.com/xml-list.html
Congo army leaves national park, rebels stay - Sep 3, 2008 The Associated PressThe decision to move out all government troops and their families — about 6000 people in all — came after negotiations between Virunga National Park Rare giraffe-like animal photographed - Sep 10, 2008 MSNBCThe new image was made by a camera trap in the African Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park. The okapi, sometimes called a "forest giraffe," Miza's rescue brings hope to mountain gorillas - Sep 25, 2008 Independent,The baby gorilla had been hanging off her mother's back when gunmen slaughtered 10 endangered mountain gorillas in Congo's Virunga National Park last year. Protection of Virunga National Park in Congo Trumps War - Sep 4, 2008 EcoWorldly,Yesterday, Congo’s government chose to withdraw more than 1000 troops from an area in eastern Congo near Virunga National Park. Despite an ongoing conflict, Elephants Decimated in Congo Park; China Demand Blamed - Aug 29, 2008 National Geographic,..."We believe that less than ten were killed last year," said Samantha Newport, spokesperson for Virunga National Park. "Undoubtedly this year is a lot, Gorilla Population Affected by African Unrest - Sep 23, 2008 NumisMaster.com,Uganda and DRC in the Virunga National Park in DRC, Volcans National Park in Rwanda and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in Uganda; and the second group Some Congo Troops Leave Troubled Wildlife Park - Sep 5, 2008 National Geographic,The action is a glint of hope for conservationists trying to preserve Virunga National Park, one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems on the planet Renewed fighting threatens Congo gorillas - Aug 29, 2008 Telegraph.co.uk,Mortar and grenade fire could be heard throughout the day close to the gorilla sector in Virunga National Park in eastern Congo. British team capture first pictures of Africa's 'unicorn' - Sep 11, 2008 AFPCamera traps set by the ZSL and the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN) captured pictures of the okapi in Virunga National Park in the Park Chief Seals Historic Exit of Over 1000 Congolese Army Troops ... - Sep 3, 2008 YubaNet,3, 2008 - Over 1000 Congolese army troops and their families - a total of 6000 people - have left Virunga National Park and moved outside the protected area Gorilla Summit Puts New York Kids on African Front Lines - Sep 26, 2008 Environment News Service...summer's massacre of 10 of the world's remaining 720 mountain gorillas, of which, 380 live in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park. Image of the week - Sep 9, 2008 The Times,Brent received the award for his remarkable coverage of gorilla killings in Virunga National Park in the DRC – the same series saw him scoop a World Press Fighting to Save Gorillas in the DRC - Sep 10, 2008 About - News & Issues,In July 2007 the unthinkable happened in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) Virunga National Park. Four mountain gorillas were found massacred, Congo rebels, army clash near Congo gorilla park - Aug 28, 2008 San Diego Union Tribune,Nkunda's fighters have occupied the southern sector of gorilla-inhabited Virunga National Park for about 12 months, keeping rangers from patrolling the area War and poaching threaten Congo’s gorillas - Aug 31, 2008 Taipei Times,But as crisis threatens to overwhelm Virunga National Park, which lies at the epicenter of a war zone, it is Merode’s credentials that count rather than Threat of all-out war in Congo - Sep 7, 2008 The National,The recent fighting is taking place near the Virunga National Park, an 800000 hectare forest preserve on the slopes of DR Congo’s volcanoes. Bus Bombing Kills 8 - Aug 28, 2008 Washington Post,Fighters led by Laurent Nkunda have occupied the southern sector of Virunga National Park for about 12 months, keeping rangers from patrolling. First Photos Of Wild Okapi Captured By Zoologists - Sep 15, 2008 Post ChronicleThe photos were taken by cameras set up in the Virunga National Park by the zoological society and conservationists in Congo following the discovery of Mary Hart Blogs on Her African Encounter with Gorillas! - Sep 5, 2008 Entertainment Tonight NewsMary made what she calls "the journey of a lifetime" with a group of her closest friends to trek into Virunga National Park to visit the rare high mountain Extra, Extra - Sep 15, 2008 Chicagoist,...[Trib] These photos, and the accompanying story about the gorilla killings in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, are incredible. DRC rebels wipe out elephants - Sep 2, 2008 Legalbrief (subscription),...elephants in one of Africa's oldest national parks as demand for ivory in China grows, says Emmanuel de Merode, director of the Virunga National Park. 125000 Gorillas Find Haven in Mud Swamp But Still Face Extinction - Sep 8, 2008 EcoWorldly,The Congolese government has consented to remove its forces from the Virunga National Park, an enclave of about 72 mountain gorillas out of a total of 700 Congo-Kinshasa: Gorilla Population Increases - Sep 19, 2008 AllAfrica.com,In September 2007, the State Department and USAID contributed $496000 to support endangered wildlife of the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Living Large In The Heart Of Darkness - Sep 15, 2008 Strategy PageSeptember 4, 2008: Congo agreed to withdraw 1000 Congolese Army soldiers and their families from a cantonment in the Virunga National Park. Author : Turtle Pond Publications - Sep 23, 2008 Earthtimes (press release),...tragic massacre of ten of the world's remaining 720 mountain gorillas, of which, 380 live in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park . Novel captures fascination with African ‘Unicorn’ - Sep 23, 2008 The South African,More than a century later, the Zoological Society of London’s camera traps in the DRCs Virunga National Park took the first ever pictures of wild okapi. Nat Geo Wild Expands International Reach - Sep 9, 2008 World Screen News,Specials set to air on Nat Geo Wild in France include Gorilla Murders, the story of the murders of a gorilla family in the Congo’s Virunga National Park. Perpignan Wrapup: Meet the Winners - Sep 10, 2008 Photo District News (subscription),Brent Stirton / Reportage by Getty Images for Newsweek and National Geographic Magazine - Virunga National Park, Eastern Democrative Republic of Congo, Eastern DR Congo Quiet After Burst of Violence - Aug 29, 2008 Voice of AmericaFor the past 12 months, the rebels have occupied the southern area of Congo's famed Virunga National Park, home to about 380 rare mountain gorillas. Getty Images Photographer Wins Visa d'Or Features Award - Sep 8, 2008 MarketWatchBrent won the award for his moving coverage of the gorilla killings in the Virunga National Park, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in July 2007. Rwanda: a nation with a dark past and tenuous future - Sep 9, 2008 McGill Tribune (subscription),Rwanda's eco-tourism involves visiting the mountain gorillas in Virunga National Park, where visitors fork over $500 for the permit alone. Africa: Media Can Stop Climate Change - Sep 15, 2008 AllAfrica.com,Rwanda's experience with the conservation of the Virunga National Park are an example. Telling local farmers that gorillas share 97 per cent of human DNA or Week In Review: The long and short of it - Sep 18, 2008 Special Broadcasting Service,Camera traps set by the ZSL and the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN) captured pictures of the okapi in Virunga National Park in the Buone notizie da Virunga: 1.000 soldati se ne vanno ma un ranger ... - Sep 26, 2008 TutelaFauna,L’ingombrnte presenza di 1.000 soldati congolesi con famiglie al seguito, per un totale di 6.000 persone, ha lasciato il Virunga National Park. Liever gorilla's dan soldaten - Sep 4, 2008 De Standaard,De Belgische prins Emmanuel de Merode (38) is erin geslaagd 1.000 regeringssoldaten uit het ernstig bedreigde Virunga National Park in Oost-Congo te laten Ученые впервые Ñ?фотографировали окапи - Sep 10, 2008 Lenta.ru,ДлÑ? того, чтобы получить фотографии, ученые раÑ?Ñ?тавили по территории национального парка Вирунга (Virunga National Park) в ДемократичеÑ?кой реÑ?публике Конго 世界åˆ?ã€?コンゴã?®æ£®ã?§é‡Žç”Ÿã?®ã‚ªã‚«ãƒ”を撮影 - Sep 11, 2008 AFPBB News,...コンゴ民主共和国（旧ザイール）ã?®ãƒ“ルンガ国立公園（Virunga National Park）ã?«ãƒãƒ³ãƒ‰ãƒ³å‹•ç‰©å¦ä¼šï¼ˆZSL）らã?Œè¨ç½®ã?—ã?Ÿã‚«ãƒ¡ãƒ©ã?Œã?¨ã‚‰ã?ˆã?Ÿé‡Žç”Ÿã?®ã‚ªã‚«ãƒ”（2008å¹´8月10æ—¥ Belgian Prince New Warden of Troubled Gorilla Park - Aug 7, 2008 National Geographic,Virunga National Park encompasses not only some of the planet's richest biodiversity—with more than a thousand animal species, the highest concentration of Virunga stripped for charcoal - Aug 11, 2008 The National,Guards remove bags of prohibited charcoal from a truck leaving Virunga National Park in Democratic Republic of Congo. Ryan Carter / The National KIBATI, Congo appoints Belgian prince to tame gorilla park - Aug 8, 2008 Reuters South Africa,Police arrested the previous Congolese head of the huge Virunga National Park, Honore Mashangiro, in March on charges including involvement in a charcoal New team to protect Congo gorillas - Aug 8, 2008 InTheNews.co.uk,Full Story A new director for the Virunga National Park in the African Congo has been appointed one year after the worst mountain gorilla massacre on record UPDF soldiers defect to Rwanda - Jul 31, 2008 The Independent,Since there are no more animals in their Virunga National Park, they come close to the borderline along river Ishasha where they ambush our animals. Protecting Mountain Gorillas - Jul 25, 2008 Voice of AmericaMost importantly, the ministers underscored the need for security and stability in Virunga National Park, if increased economic activity is to become a African Officials Pledge to Keep Virunga Parks Secure - Jul 19, 2008 NewsBlaze,Of particular concern is Virunga National Park, most of which lies in the DRC. It is threatened by military conflicts between rebel militia groups and the East Africa: US Brokers in Eco-Deal With Rwanda, DR Congo, Uganda - Aug 5, 2008 AllAfrica.com,..."It is vital to rid Virunga National Park of militia groups who threaten both people and wildlife. Without security, economic growth from tourism and other Rwanda: Militia Threat Undermining Virunga Conservation - Senior ... - Jul 17, 2008 AllAfrica.com,Security concerns caused by militias roaming the Virunga national park - posing a threat to conservation activities - were the focus of a high level Primates 'face extinction crisis' - Aug 4, 2008 BBC News,But they decided to delay reclassification as a result of five of the gorillas being killed in July 2007 by gunmen in the DR Congo's Virunga National Park, DR Congo: Fear and desperation in North Kivu - Jul 16, 2008 ReliefWeb (press release),The ‘camp’ is at Bambo, high in the green hills above Virunga National Park, where gorillas still live in the mist. On the hill opposite, a battalion of Rwanda: Behind Elephant Poaching in Virunga - Jul 22, 2008 AllAfrica.com,The slaughtering of fourteen elephants in May 2008, in the Virunga National Park, smuggled through Burundi and Congo is believed to produce, ivory destined Saturday, July 26 - Jul 18, 2008 International Herald Tribune,2007 - Four rare mountain gorillas, including an alpha-male silverback, are shot dead at Congo's Virunga National Park by an unknown gunman. Sarasota woman aims for spaceship ride - Aug 5, 2008 Sarasota Herald-Tribune,...and in September she will attempt an arduous trek to photograph the endangered mountain gorillas in the Virunga National Park of Rwanda. Sarasota woman keeps eyes aloft - Aug 4, 2008 Sarasota Herald-Tribune,...and in September she will attempt an arduous trek to photograph the endangered mountain gorillas in the Virunga National Park of Rwanda. Congo telt 125.000 gorilla's - Aug 5, 2008 Columbusmagazine,De natuurorganisatie helpt de lokale bevolking om de gebieden rondom Virunga National Park. Het WNF heeft inmiddels al 10 miljoen bomen aangeplant in de King Kong lives on - Apr 12, 2008 Sunday Herald,Across the border, security for both apes and people is more problematic: 120 rangers in the DRC's Virunga National Park have been killed by poachers or Uganda: Govt Quells Land Clashes in Kasese - Mar 31, 2008 AllAfrica.com,The pastoralists raided the park in March 2006 after they were evicted from Virunga National Park in eastern DR Congo over encroachment. Mobile game to help save embattled gorillas in the Congo - Apr 15, 2008 Mongabay.comIt was the recent tragic events in Virunga National Park that led Banks to resurrect the game. The park lies in the embattled Democratic Republic of Congo Green Global Voices: Web 2.0 Environmental Activism - Apr 23, 2008 Reuters UK,They provide constant updates and photos from the rangers in Virunga National Park, who risk their lives daily to protect mountain gorillas from extinction. DR Congo: UNHCR and partners debate how to meet fuel needs in ... - Apr 17, 2008 ReliefWeb (press release),GOMA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, April 17 (UNHCR) – Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is famed for its rich Silverbackers: Mobile Game In Support Of Gorillas/DRC Crisis - Apr 14, 2008 Mobile Africa,...armed men entered the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park and killed five critically endangered mountain gorillas at point-blank range, [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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