Since the first protected area was set up in 1925 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Virunga National Park, several thousand ... that CMPs have reduced deforestation by an average ...

According to a press release by France's National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE), the ...

but deforestation, poaching, and war continue to threaten their existence. In 2013, a rebel group called M23 seized the lodge and gorilla habitat in Virunga, Africa’s oldest national park.

Drawing on a wealth of research, we’ve identified 11 "deforestation fronts" where the largest concentrations of forest loss or severe degradation are expected in the near future. Without action to ...

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WWF and UNHCR are working together to prevent encroachment into the World Heritage-listed Virunga National Park by displaced people after several weeks of civil unrest in the area.

Virunga National Park, located in Eastern Congo, is mining bitcoin to preserve revenue in the face of disease and militia attacks. Virunga National Park, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

Interview - CIVICUS discusses activism against oil auctions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with François Kamate, founder and coordinator of the young environmental volunteer movement ...

Their results, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, indicate that, on average, deforestation ... of the Congo, the Virunga National Park, several thousand parks have ...