When Gorillas 'Rescue' Themselves
On the morning of 19 February 2024, Dr. Lina Nturubika, a field veterinarian with Gorilla Doctors, hiked out from our Tshivanga field station at…
[details]Kahuzi Biega National Park
Country:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Conservation status:
National Park, World Heritage Site
Area:
6000 km²
Height:
Kahuzi: 3308 m,
Biega: 2790 m
Gorillas:
Grauer’s gorillas,
number unknown
Gorilla tourism:
possible
Balancing Act: The Imperative of Social and Ecological Justice in Kahuzi-Biega
Kahuzi-Biega National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the conflict-afflicted eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has…
[details]New Grauer's Gorilla Population Estimate
A recent paper in the American Journal of Primatology by Andrew Plumptre and colleagues examined the largest survey dataset for Grauer's gorillas Gori…
[details]Long-term Biomonitoring on Great Apes Using Camera Traps at Kahuzi-Biega
Kahuzi-Biega National Park (KBNP) is home to exceptionally diverse flora and fauna and represents an important site in the Albertine Rift, one of the…
[details]Silverback Sagas: Dominance Struggles Among Male Gorillas
When powerful silverbacks jostle for dominance within a group, they can sustain very serious injuries with their long canine teeth. Over the last 30…
[details]Community Conservation Is More Beneficial for the Park and Local Communities
This is a quote regularly heard among communities around the Kahuzi-Biega National Park (KBNP) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after…
[details]Gorilla Nest Types in Kahuzi-Biega
All species of great apes construct night nests; sometimes in trees and sometimes on the ground. This article is based on daily long-term observations…
[details]Ape Dung to Restore Degraded and Fragmented Forest Habitats
Though restoring forest is not a substitute to preserve intact forest, for sites where large parts of the forest have already been cleared, restoring…
[details]Maiko National Park Progress Report
Maiko National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo, lies in one of the most remote forest areas in the world. It is an incredible wilderness area,…
[details]Getting off the "in Danger" List: Kahuzi-Biega
The Kahuzi-Biega National Park (KBNP) has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1980. Since 1997, it has been on the list of World Heritage Sites in…
[details]Communities Get Involved in Gorilla Protection
The conservation of our gorillas can only be safeguarded through good governance, involving all stakeholders among the local communities resident in…
[details]A Visit to Kahuzi-Biega
The Kahuzi-Biega National Park is located in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo near the big city of Bukavu on the southern shore of…
[details]Key Species Monitoring Plan for Kahuzi-Biega
![[Translate to EN:] Gorilla-Familien](/fileadmin/news/Aufenthaltsgebiete_der_Gorillagruppen.jpg "[Translate to EN:] Gorilla-Familien")
A monitoring plan for gorillas and elephants has just been launched in the highland sector of the Kahuzi-Biega National Park (KBNP). Its purpose is…
[details]New Gorilla Census in Kahuzi-Biega 2010
A census team led by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN) in Kahuzi-Biega National…
[details]Situation in the Babira Bakwame Area, Kahuzi-Biega Park
The Kasese region contains the Kahuzi-Biega National Park (KBNP), the Maïko National Park and various forests that are not gazetted as protected areas…
[details]Impact of Sericostachys scandens
In November, 2004, WCS and ICCN teams surveyed the highland sector of the Kahuzi-Biega National Park where they found at least 168 gorillas. The…
[details]Employee Health in Kahuzi-Biega
Historically, the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project (MGVP), in collaboration with host country national wildlife, natural resource and/or tourism…
Mufanzala and Birindwa Groups
After the death of the two silverbacks of these gorilla groups on March 26th and May 30th 2009, respectively, several friends of the gorillas of the…
Mufanzala
On March 26th, 2009, the rangers and trackers of the Kahuzi-Biega National Park (KBNP) made the tragic discovery of the corpse of the silverback…
[details]A New Gorilla Group in Kahuzi-Biega
The history of the "new gorilla group" in the Kahuzi-Biega National Park dates from 2004 when WCS conducted a survey of the area. During that year,…
[details]The Liberation of the Kahuzi-Biega National Park Corridor
The liberation of the Kahuzi-Biega National Park (KBNP) corridor requires decisiveness and cooperation from the Congolese State, and also from the…
Sweaters for Rangers
![[Translate to Englisch:] Wildhüter des Kahuzi-Biega-Nationalparks mit neuen Pullovern (© Carlos Schuler)](/fileadmin/news/pullover-sweater.jpg "[Translate to Englisch:] Wildhüter des Kahuzi-Biega-Nationalparks mit neuen Pullovern (© Carlos Schuler)")
The rangers of the Kahuzi-Biega National Park, of the Mikeno Sector in the Virunga National Park and of the Volcano National Park received green…
[details]Support of Urgent Needs of the Local Population
![[Translate to EN:] Der Mwami (traditionelle Chef) vor dem Haus, in dem sich die Gemeinde versammelt (© Carlos Schuler)](/fileadmin/news/mwami.jpg "[Translate to EN:] Der Mwami (traditionelle Chef) vor dem Haus, in dem sich die Gemeinde versammelt (© Carlos Schuler)")
In the surroundings of the Kahuzi-Biega National Park's corridor, community committees discussed the most urgent needs. According to their priority…
[details]Computers and Printer
![[Translate to EN:] Ein Computer für die Verwaltung von Kahuzi-Biega (© Carlos Schuler)](/fileadmin/user_upload/berggorilla-regenwald-direkthilfe-downloads-kahuzi-biega.jpg "[Translate to EN:] Ein Computer für die Verwaltung von Kahuzi-Biega (© Carlos Schuler)")
The office of the Kahuzi-Biega National Parks received two computers and a printer.
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