http://conservevirunga.wildlifedirect.org Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:34:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Virunga National Park is one of the remaining forest in the East North Kivu province and is surrounded by lots of villages with high demographic density. Kanyabayonga City These villages are living near the Park by using resources close to them in different ways with real impact on habitat and wildlife. Protection of ... http://conservevirunga.wildlifedirect.org/2008/10/01/conflict-over-natural-resources/ Virunga as a first National Park in Africa is facing several threats which need to be monitored so that people can measure the level and extents of different threats and apply a suitable strategy. Rangers on patrols in Vitshumbi areas In order ... http://conservevirunga.wildlifedirect.org/2008/07/16/ranger-data-collection-as-a-tool-for-ecosystem-monitoring/ Virunga National Park as first National Park in Africa is facing several threats despite the efforts from rangers and conservationist to protect its resources. One of its resources is African elephant (Loxodonta africana) inhabiting different ecosystems of the park from the forested areas to the savanna areas. Elephants in Virunga have been ... http://conservevirunga.wildlifedirect.org/2008/05/26/virunga-elephant-to-be-protected/ There is need of working together to save the threatened species The eastern DRC is facing armed crisis for about three decades now. Protected areas are among the vulnerable areas as they are used by armed groups as their shelter and source of food and income. Virunga National park is suffering from ... http://conservevirunga.wildlifedirect.org/2008/05/13/partnership-for-conservation/ Virunga National park located in Eastern DRC is among the richest protected area in terms of animals and plants. Some of these species cannot be found every where apart from the Virunga surrounding regions (e.g. Gorillas). Covering about 8,000sqkm, Virunga Park is surrounded by a populated region which might be among ... http://conservevirunga.wildlifedirect.org/2008/05/07/natural-resource-use-in-virunga-neighbouring-villages/ Protected areas in Africa are seen like a store where people must be going to collect resource in scarce periods. This is one side of the vision while conservation institutions and organisation see that as a last shelter to protect wildlife species and enable environmental services for the benefit of ... http://conservevirunga.wildlifedirect.org/2008/03/06/from-patrol-to-action-useful-data-collected/ Mushroom in Virunga National Park As in the previous information, Mont Hoyo is very interesting for both tourism and research. For tourism as it has some potentials described latter and for research as there has been no research in the forest as we know. The plan was to survey the area in ... http://conservevirunga.wildlifedirect.org/2008/02/18/how-research-helps-to-protect-protected-areas/ The Mont Hoyo is located in Eastern DRC (E 1.24750 - N 29.80918) at 125 km far from beni town in Irumu territory, ranging from 1300 m to 1500 m of elevation. Mont Hoyo is among touristic areas which had some socioeconomic impacts on local communities livelihoods. With different armed crisis ... http://conservevirunga.wildlifedirect.org/2008/02/01/mont-hoyo-a-forgotten-site-for-conservation-and-tourism/ During this two weeks, we've been conducting biological surveys in Semuliki area (Virunga National park). I got to look for cutters and trackers who coils help us to get into the forest to find our lines. Later on, I discovered that the people we were using are organised into a local ... http://conservevirunga.wildlifedirect.org/2008/01/28/how-communities-can-help-to-protect-wildlife/ At the creation of Virunga Park, local communities used to fish in Lake Edward with traditional tools and equipment under the local management structures. During colonial period, the Park was created and included Lake Edward as part of Virunga park. As part of the culture, the Park Manager has left ... http://conservevirunga.wildlifedirect.org/2008/01/14/fish-is-more-a-community-ressource-than-a-biologic-resource/