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OUR CONSERVATION WORK

The Park employs 98 skilled gorilla trackers from the local community who, despite challenging conditions, conduct essential conservation work. Every day, they enter the gorilla sector to monitor habituated gorilla families and locate and remove snares that pose serious risks to these endangered animals. In tandem with these efforts, this month, the Park is conducting a comprehensive welfare assessment to evaluate Virunga’s mountain gorilla population.

  • 12/11/24
    Training Begins!
  • 17/11/24
    Sighting of Palumata and Her Baby
  • 25/11/24
    40 Snares Removed in Eight Days
  • 02/12/24
    Rediscovering the Bageni, Baraka, and Wilungula Families
  • Photo credit: Virunga National Park
    12/11/24
    Training Begins!
    Eighteen gorilla trackers have begun their training to support the implementation of the mountain gorilla welfare assessment.
  • Photo credit: Virunga National Park
    17/11/24
    Sighting of Palumata and Her Baby
    Our dedicated trackers recently observed Palumata and her baby from the Mapuwa family, both in good health.
  • Photo credit: Virunga National Park
    25/11/24
    40 Snares Removed in Eight Days
    Over the past eight days, Virunga's community trackers safely removed 40 snares from the mountain gorillas' habitat.
  • Photo credit: Virunga National Park
    02/12/24
    Rediscovering the Bageni, Baraka, and Wilungula Families
    A key highlight of the assessment has been the return to monitoring three vital gorilla families—Bageni, Baraka, and Wilungula—after over two years of uncertainty. Last observed in May 2022, these families represent roughly 30% of Virunga’s mountain gorilla population and their return to monitoring marks an important step in ongoing conservation efforts.