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DR Congo

Africa · Middle Africa

2 projects · 2 organizations

Latest from DR Congo

📰 Update · 3w

The Bageni family twins reach six months of age: a historic milestone for Virunga National Park

📰 Update · May 21

Two Rangers Killed in Armed Attack at Kamuhororo

📰 Update · Apr 23

Acacias in Virunga: A Closer Look at Acacia sieberiana

📰 Update · Apr 15

Hippopotamus Population Shows Signs of Recovery in Virunga National Park

🎥 Video · Mar 27

A Second Set of Rare Twin Gorillas in Virunga National Park

🎥 Video · Mar 27

Rare Gorilla Twins Turn 3 Months Old!

📰 Update · Mar 24

Rare second mountain gorilla twin birth recorded in 3 months in Virunga National Park

📰 Update · Mar 6

A New Milestone: The Bageni Twins Reach Two Months

Virunga Foundation

Virunga National Park — Conservation Powering a Region

Wildlife

Africa's oldest national park protects a third of the world's mountain gorillas while its hydropower plants create thousands of jobs for peace.

717rangersPark rangers

21kjobsJobs created through hydropower and agro-industry

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Green Congo Initiative

Green Congo Initiative — Reforesting the Congo Basin

Forests

An indigenous youth-led team in Goma is replanting the Congo Basin, paying mostly women to grow the trees that hold eroding hillsides together.

200ktreesTrees planted

30kpeoplePeople impacted

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