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Photo Friday: Flying Among the Majestic Volcanoes
By Virunga Team on August 31, 201251Read moreNyiragongo Volcano, with the world’s largest lava lake. Just before the outbreak of the current troubles, we were working...
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Photo Friday: Protecting Wildlife
By Virunga Team on August 24, 2012Read moreWe have recently told you many stories about Lulimbi in the eastern central sector and our rangers’ struggle to...
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Caught in the Act
By Virunga Team on August 21, 2012Read moreAs we were driving back from the airfield this afternoon, we overtook a truck. Just as we drove past,...
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Life in Lulimbi
By Virunga Team on August 19, 2012Read moreWe flew another supply run for Lulimbi, to bring more equipment and food for our rangers who are holding...
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Militia Groups
By Virunga Team on August 18, 2012Read moreMany have expressed confusion over the armed groups that operate in and around the park. It’s complex, but not...
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Ranger Families Return Home to Rumangabo
By Virunga Team on August 15, 2012Read moreAfter four and a half weeks of an evacuation to a tented camp on the outskirts of Goma, our...
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Congohound Training During a War
By Virunga Team on August 15, 2012Read moreMarlene Zähner, the Congohounds project leader and trainer, arrived at the park for her two-week training session just days...
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Taking Stock
By Virunga Team on August 13, 2012Read moreThe past three months have seen terrible political upheavals in and around the park. It’s painfully familiar. The waves...
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A Tragic Loss
By Virunga Team on August 11, 2012Read moreIt’s with very great sadness that I’m writing of the death of Kaboko, one of our orphaned gorillas after...
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First Load of Sandbags Arrive
By Virunga Team on August 7, 2012Read moreWe’ve been stunned by the level of support for the sandbags. We’re enormously grateful. We went shopping today and...
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