Protecting the forests of Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo - home to endangered mountain gorillas - could be described as one of the toughest jobs on the planet.

Salonga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is Africa's largest protected forest park, covering an area the size of Switzerland. It is pristine, primary forest renowned for being ...

The lawlessness in the park is linked to DR Congo sliding into chaos as the Mobutu ... Union," Mr De Merode was quoted as saying on a National Geographic blog last year. Founded in 1925 by ...

Two British tourists and a driver were kidnapped in Virunga National Park. A park ranger was also allegedly killed. KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - A Congo park spokesman says one guard has been killed and ...

A new study has concluded that the decline in Grauer’s gorillas in a sector of their main stronghold in the Democratic ...

Congolese Tutsis eventually responded with the National Congress for ... crossing the border from Uganda. The park is also a volatile staging ground for Congo’s internal grievances.

In order to better protect ecosystems and biodiversity, several African countries have set up innovative management models in which protected areas are co-managed by government bodies and ...

Salonga National Park, the largest tropical rainforest reserve in Africa; and Lake Tanganyika, one of the deepest lakes in ...

Administrators with Ntokou Pikounda National Park in the Republic of Congo, which receives support from WWF, were said to have denied a request by a local organization for documents related to the ...