Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda is home to a some of the last remaining mountain gorillas and the hub of national tourism activities. It is perhaps one of the intensely protected parks in Africa through government and NGO programs.…
A treaty to guide the trans-border management of flora, fauna and other tourist attractions between Uganda, Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo is in the offing. The three countries are currently involved in consultations regarding the implementation of the…
Ian Redmond, the Year of Gorilla Ambassador Ian Redmond said during the World Forestry Congress, recently held in Buenos Aires, that protecting animals and stopping bush meat trade are not a matter of choice, but are actually an essential…
The US has brokered a conservation deal in Greater Virunga Landscape shared by the DR Congo (DRC), Rwanda and Uganda. Under the US initiative, the conservation agreements were recently signed in western Rwanda by Rwanda’s trade and industry minister,…