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    Virunga National Park is a national park in the Albertine Rift Valley in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was created in 1925...
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    and Mount Bisoke. Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Uganda Michael...
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  • focuses on the conservation work of park rangers within the Congo's Virunga National Park during the rise of the violent M23 Rebellion in 2012 and investigates...
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    to arrange a tourist visa for visiting the Virunga National Park (on the Eastern Border) through the park itself. Citizens of the following countries...
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    eight volcanoes in the Virunga Mountains, namely Karisimbi, Bisoke, Muhabura, Gahinga and Sabyinyo. It borders Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic...
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    saddened by death of Virunga park protectors (WWF article) "Statement from Virunga National Park on recent attack". Virunga National Park. 10 January 2021...
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  • the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) killed twelve park rangers and four tourists in Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Hutu rebels...
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    situated along the Democratic Republic of the Congo border next to the Virunga National Park and on the edge of the Albertine Rift. Composed of 321 km2 (124 sq mi)...
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    (including the Maramagambo Forest) and thus the Kibale National Park to the northeast. The Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo lies across...
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  • to follow the daily lives of the mountain gorillas that live in Virunga National Park (ViNP), in the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC). The app allows...
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  • poaching and deforestation, making it the "oldest protected park in Africa". Virunga National Park was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1979 as...
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    neighbouring Rwanda or Uganda. Virunga National Park is the first national park in Africa, established in 1925. The park is main driver for tourism in...
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    Emmanuel de Merode (category Virunga National Park)
    conservationist and anthropologist. He has been the director of Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since 2008. Merode...
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  • Virunga may refer to: Virunga Mountains, a chain of volcanoes in East Africa Virunga National Park, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Virunga...
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    0.53 animals per square kilometre. In 2008, it was recorded in Virunga National Park. There is also evidence that okapis were also observed in the Semuliki...
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    two populations: One is found in the Virunga volcanic mountains of Central/East Africa, within three National Parks: Mgahinga, in southwest Uganda; Volcanoes...
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    Lukambo for their dedication to defending Virunga National Park against corrupt interests attempting to open the park to illegal oil drilling and poaching...
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    Ptolemy as the source of the Nile. Virunga National Park in eastern DR Congo and Rwenzori Mountains National Park in southwestern Uganda are located within...
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    including Goma International Airport, the UNESCO World Heritage Site Virunga National Park, the private Christian co-educational school Adventist University...
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  • the country, all of them listed for their natural significance. Virunga National Park was the first site in DRC to be listed, in 1979. Four sites are...
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    Albertine Rift montane forests (category Virunga National Park)
    (168 sq mi) Virunga Conservation Area (VCA) of the Virunga Mountains, which includes: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. Virunga National Park in the...
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    Republic of Congo centred on the Virunga Mountains as the Albert National Park (since renamed Virunga National Park). In 1895, the Groenkloof Nature Reserve...
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    some national parks, viewing mountain gorillas is a popular tourist attraction. These national parks include Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, Virunga National...
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    Mount Nyiragongo (category Virunga Mountains)
    3,470 m (11,385 ft) in the Virunga Mountains associated with the Albertine Rift. It is located inside Virunga National Park, in the Democratic Republic...
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    National Park Virunga National Park Conkouati-Douli National Park Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park Ntokou-Pikounda National Park Odzala-Kokoua National Park...
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  • Albert Park, Calgary, Alberta In the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Virunga National Park, a wildlife park formerly known as Albert National Park In Fiji:...
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  • park wardens were either killed or could not afford to continue their work. The five national parks, the Garumba, Kahuzi-Biega, Salonga and Virunga National...
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    Tchegera Island (category Virunga National Park)
    of Goma, within the Virunga National Park in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The island forms the park's southwestern boundary...
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    an oil dispute. SOCO International entered the premises of the Virunga National Park where the lake is situated to prospect for oil. However, villagers...
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  • "photobombing" a selfie. Ndakasi was born on 17 April 2007 in the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the daughter of silverback...
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