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At more than 30 million sq. km, the continent of Africa could accommodate the United States, China, India and Europe and still have room to spare. Open, wild land on the continent is becoming scarcer, however.  Natural…

Washington, DC -- The National Geographic Society and Ashoka's Changemakers have introduced the first Geotourism Challenge to identify and showcase innovators in tourism development, management, and marketing.The one-of-a-kind online competition…

In Rwanda’s conservation landscapes, the boundaries between people, wildlife, and nature are tightly interlinked. Around Volcanoes National Park (VNP), land pressures, climate variability, and livelihood needs intersect daily with the imperatives of…

Before Eugene Mutangana joined the Rwandan Development Board as the head of conservation, he was the chief park warden at Akagera National Park. In 2010, he oversaw the signing of a park co-management agreement between the Government of Rwanda and…

VIRUNGA HEARTLAND, Rwanda--Rwanda named 18 baby mountain gorillas this Saturday at Kwita Izina, an annual naming ceremony created to raise awareness about the plight of the highly endangered mountain gorilla. 103 gorillas have been named since the…

A new conservation tool is coming online in Volcanoes National Park (VNP), starting with something deceptively simple: water and soil. In early February, partners trained Rwandan conservation professionals to use Environmental DNA (eDNA), a…

President Kagame, wildlife authorities, conservation groups, and residents of Rwanda came together on Saturday for the naming of 30 endangered mountain gorilla babies (Gorilla beringei beringei). There are only 700 mountain gorillas surviving in the…

KINIGI--"When it's time to celebrate the country's treasured gorillas, Rwanda's wildlife and parks authority, ORTPN, goes all out," says Senior Communications Officer Paul Thomson, on assignment in Rwanda for the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF)…

Rwanda’s government has developed mountain gorilla tourism into a world-class product vital to Rwanda’s economy. However, the expanding gorilla population requires more forest, even as the surrounding agrarian communities seek diversified, expanded…

The Rothschild's giraffe is the latest charismatic African mammal to be declared "Endangered" by IUCN (the International Union for the Conservation of Nature), adding to the growing number of species under threat of extinction. A recent analysis by…

Rose has over 30 years of development experience. With a background in environment and natural resource management, conflict prevention, and peacebuilding, her career spans senior leadership positions at UNDP and the World Bank based in Ethiopia,…

About the ArtistFungi Dube is a Zimbabwean brand designer and illustrator whose work sits at the intersection of African cultural identity, nature, and contemporary visual language. She is, by her own account, a scientist first—holding a double…