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	Virunga Mountains - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Virunga Mountains are a chain of volcanoes in East Africa, along the northern border of Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda.
		The oldest mountain is Mount Sabinyo (3634 m).
		The Virunga Mountains are home of the critically endangered Mountain Gorilla, listed on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species due to habitat loss, poaching, human disease, and war (Butynski et al.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Virunga (219 words)

	Waterose: Mountain Gorillas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Mountain gorilla population is concentrated in Rwanda with a land area of 24,950 square kilometres and an estimated population of 7.3 million (1990), with a projected population of 19.7 million by 2020 (Africa, 1992).
		While eco-tourism of the Mountain gorilla proved to be a promising viable solution for both the survival of the gorilla population and survival of the native people, other conflicts developed in the 1990's threatening to destroy all that had been preserved.
		Population of the Virunga Mountain Gorillas from 1950 to 1995.
	www.geocities.com /waterose_test/gorilla.html (2505 words)

	Virunga National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Virunga National Park (formerly Albert National Park) lies from the Virunga Mountains, to the Ruwenzori Mountains, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, bordering Volcans National Park in Rwanda and Rwenzori National Park in Uganda.
		In later years it has become known for its mountain gorillas, although poaching and the Congo Civil War have seriously damaged its wildlife population.
		The Rwenzori Mountains lie on the Ugandan border and rise to alpine meadows and a glacier, while Nyiragongo and Nyamuragira are both active volcanoes with substantial associated lava plains.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Virunga_National_Park (366 words)

	Virunga Mountains - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Virunga Mountains, volcanic mountain chain stretching 80 km (50 mi) along the border between north-western Rwanda and north-eastern...
		Made famous by the work of Dian Fossey, the Virunga volcanic chain was until 1994 the home of what was estimated to be half of the world’s remaining...
		Mountain, The (French, La Montagne), name applied during the French Revolution to the party of extreme radicals led by Maximilien Robespierre and...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Virunga_Mountains.html (117 words)

	Virunga Volcano Chain, Karisoke, Central Africa
		This is a false-color composite of Central Africa, showing the Virunga volcano chain along the borders of Rwanda, Zaire and Uganda.
		The image was acquired on October 3, 1994, on orbit 58 of the space shuttle Endeavour by the Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X- SAR).
		The green patch to the center left of the image in the foothills of Karisimbi is a bamboo forest where the mountain gorillas live.
	www.solarviews.com /cap/volc/virunga.htm (554 words)

	UNEP-WCMC Protected Areas Programme - Virunga National Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The area in the Virungas comprises the flanks of volcanic Mts Karisimbi, Mikeno, Visoke, Sabinyo, Nyamuragira and Nyiragongo (3,469m), the last two still very active: an eruption of Nyiragongo destroyed 14 villages and an estimated 40% of the town of Goma on Lake Kivu in January 2002, and Nyamuragira twice erupted later that year.
		Rare birds in the volcanic highlands are Grauer's swamp warbler Bradypterus graueri (VU) in highland swamps, and Rockefellers sunbird Nectarinia rockefelleri (VU) in bamboo, forest and heath stream thickets; in the Ruwenzori mountain forests, Shelley's crimsonwing Cryptospiza shelleyi and Stuhlmann's doublecollared sunbird Nectarinia stuhlmanni in the bamboo and alpine zones.
		It is a refuge for hippopotamuses, mountain and lowland gorillas, and the highlands have notable examples of the high altitude flora of giant herbs unique to the mountains of Africa.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /sites/wh/virunga.html (3860 words)

	SuperClimb
		Virunga — From Uganda A look at the three volcanoes within Uganda that are part of the eight-volcano Virunga Mountain range.
		The Virunga Mountains are a range of eight freestanding volcanoes that rise out of the Western Rift Valley, centred on the junction of the Ugandan, Rwandan and DRC borders.
		The source of the world’s longest river, the Nile, is on slopes of the Virunga Mountains.
	www.superclimb.co.za /default.asp?id=171194&des=article&scat=superclimb/treking (649 words)

	Protected Areas Programme - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Virungas is a refuge to hippopotamuses and mountain gorillas.
		The situation around Virunga is unstable, reports indicate that militia groups are still active in the area and heavy poaching continues.
		At least two thirds of the deforestation took place in forests of the lava plain, which are comparitively poor as regards biodiversity and 50% of the stripped areas belonged to the fist stage in the colonization process, composed of commoner pioneer species.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /protected_areas/data/wh/virunga.html (1781 words)

	Hotspots Revisited
		The Albertine Rift, a series of high mountain chains that separates the Guineo-Congolian rainforest of Central Africa from the forest-savanna mosaic habitats of East Africa, is an area of exceptional faunal endemism.
		The volcanoes in the Virungas influence the ecology of a large portion of the Virunga National Park and its surroundings; there are probably unique species associated with these volcanoes, but few surveys of their fauna and flora have been conducted.
		Mountain gorilla and to some extent chimpanzee tourism have become popular, but the marketing of primate tourism for other monkeys should be given more emphasis.
	www.biodiversityscience.org /publications/hotspots/AlbertineRift.html (4991 words)

	:::::::::::::US Forest Service: INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS: AROUND THE GLOBE: AFRICA: Eastern ...
		The Eastern Arc Mountains are a chain of ancient crystalline mountains covering over 500,000 hectares that run from Taita Hills in southern Kenya to the Makambako Gap to the southwest of the Uzungwa Mountains in Tanzania.
		These mountains are considered a separate group from other nearby mountains such as the volcanic Mt. Kilimanjaro because they are under the direct climatic influence of the Indian Ocean.
		The mountain chain is a series of isolated mountains that have been heavily covered by forests.
	www.fs.fed.us /global/globe/africa/eastarc.htm (1059 words)

	African Wildlife Foundation: Traveling Within Virunga Heartland
		The peaks of the Virunga Mountains, heavily forested extinct volcanoes, serve as a border with the Congo and Uganda and are part of the watershed between the Congo and Nile river systems.
		Along its western boundary lie the Ruwenzori Mountains, Africa’s highest mountain range, and Ptolemy’s fabled “Mountains of the Moon.” The Ugandans claim the source of the Nile is at Jinja, where it leaves Lake Victoria.
		A joint commission has been set up by Uganda, Rwanda and the Congo to protect the mountain gorilla in the Virunga Mountains where the borders of the three countries meet, and despite human conflict over the past decade, the population of gorillas has actually undergone a slight increase.
	www.awf.org /safari/travelvirunga.php (3354 words)

	geographic & remote sensing information
		The eastern half of the Virunga Mountains are visible at the left edge of the image.
		Small patches of primitive forest at lower center were connected with the Virungas at the beginning of this century, but were cut off by conversion of the forest to agricultural use several decades ago.
		During the few months of the year when new bamboo shoots are growing, the gorillas spend part of their time foraging in the bamboo forests.
	www.cotf.edu /ete/modules/mgorilla/mglocalscale.html (1691 words)

	WWF - New 'eco-wall' for Africa's Virunga National Park
		Virunga National Park is home to more than half the world's 700 remaining mountain gorillas — one of the world's most critically endangered species.
		Virunga National Park - WWF is helping re-establish the borders of the Virunga National Park by constructing an "eco-wall" to prevent further deforestation of Africa's oldest national park — home to the endangered mountain gorilla.
		Half of these gorillas are found in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and the rest are in the Virunga Mountains, in habitat shared by Mgahinga National Park in Uganda, Volcanoes National Park in Northern Rwanda, and the southern sector of Virunga National Park in DRC.
	www.panda.org /news_facts/newsroom/news/index.cfm?uNewsID=17357 (690 words)

	Biodiversity Hotspots - Eastern Afromontane - Conservation Action
		In the Eastern Arc Mountains, there is one national park, the 1,900-km² Udzungwa Mountains National Park, a portion of another national park, one government nature reserve, one private nature reserve, and a small research reserve owned by the University of Dar es Salaam.
		A number of international agencies are contributing to conservation in the Eastern Arc Mountains, including the World Bank, which is helping to build management capacity and develop a Forest Agency in Tanzania, and the Global Environment Facility-United Nations Development Program, which is investing in the development of a holistic conservation strategy for the region.
		These mountains are also home to four threatened endemic species, and to more than half of the global population of the Ethiopian wolf.
	www.conservation.org /xp/Hotspots/afromontane/conservation.xml (912 words)

	27/1/2004 -- Africa's Mountain Gorillas Rebound, Says New Census
		Virunga's montane forests, and the national parks that protect them, straddle the borders of Rwanda, Uganda, and The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and are home to more than half of all mountain gorillas.
		The total protected area of the Virunga mountains is around 780 square kilometers, and dense agricultural land now borders it on all sides.
		Mountain gorilla tourism "brings in considerable revenue to the countries and local communities," agreed Annette Lanjouw, conservation worker and technical advisor to the International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP), based in Nairobi, Kenya.
	forests.org /articles/reader.asp?linkid=28797 (1112 words)

	How to see Central Africa's endangered mountain gorillas
		The endangered mountain gorillas — there are only about 320 left — are found only in Central Africa in the region where the borders of Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda meet.
		And in August 2001 a gorilla silverback was killed in Rwanda’s Virunga National Park when he was caught in a crossfire between the army and the rebels.
		Mountain gorillas are social animals, living in groups ranging from around a dozen to as many as 30.
	www.inquisitivetraveler.com /pages/artlib/mtngrlas.html (644 words)

	Mountain Gorilla Profile - Animal Life
		There are only an estimated 350 mountain gorillas remaining in the Virunga Mountains and 290 in the Bwindi Forest.
		The mountain gorilla was "discovered" in 1902 when Captain Oscar von Beringe followed native reports of ape-monsters that came from the volcanic mountains.
		The goal of the project was to use state-of-the-art Geomatics technologies in support of the on-going research activities to preserve the Mountain Gorillas in the Virunga mountains, one of the least mapped and more inaccessible areas in the world.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art37341.asp (439 words)

	ABC News: Fast Facts on Mountain Gorillas
		Mountain gorillas are the hairiest members of the gorilla family.
		Mountain gorillas spend roughly 30 percent of their day feeding, 30 percent traveling or moving and 40 percent resting.
		Fossey lived among the mountain gorillas of the Virunga volcanoes for nearly 20 years, and defended them from poachers.
	abcnews.go.com /GMA/Science/story?id=1214506 (304 words)

	Utskriftsvisning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Virunga area is the "Ikigega cy'ibiyaga bigari" of Rwanda; that is the granary of the country.
		In 1994, during the genocide these mountains were disturbed by militias; but the government is now trying to rebuild the habitat of the gorilla.
		When he was a student, his class visited The Virunga area on a school-trip, and he met her in person.
	www.kvam.kommune.no /KSM/utskrift.asp?id=167 (916 words)

	WWF - Surviving through war
		Mountain gorillas were sometimes caught up in the human conflicts.
		Sabyinyo is part of the Virunga Mountain Range, which runs along the borders of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda, and Uganda.
		A subspecies of eastern gorilla, the mountain gorilla, Gorilla beringei beringei, became known to science on 17 October 1902.
	www.panda.org /news_facts/newsroom/features/index.cfm?uNewsID=10763 (1573 words)

	:::::::::::::US Forest Service: INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS: AROUND THE GLOBE: AFRICA: Virunga Mountains ...
		The volcanic highlands of this transboundary region of east-central Africa are characterized by tremendous biodiversity and challenging dynamics with local communities that are in need of resources and which are among the most densely populated on the continent.
		Working alongside AWF's partner organization, the International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP), the US Forest Service sent a team of technical experts, along with a representative of the US Forest Service International Programs office, to the region in March 2005 to provide guidance on structuring an analysis of the hydrology of the region.
		As AWF and IGCP move forward with the performance of a full assessment of the landscape's watersheds, the US Forest Service intends to remain engaged in the process, providing input and assistance as needed and working to build capacity in the region for identifying, evaluating, and developing reliable water sources.
	www.fs.fed.us /global/globe/africa/virunga.htm (317 words)

	AMNH - Expedition : Endangered
		Deeply impressed with the region and the gorillas, Akeley later led a success-ful campaign for the estab-lishment of a sanctuary for mountain gorillas.
		The vast forests that cover the Virunga Mountains straddling the borders of Uganda, Rwanda, and Zaire in Africa are home to thousands of species of animals.
		Of the three subspecies of gorillas, the mountain gorilla is the most highly endangered.
	www.amnh.org /exhibitions/endangered/gorilla/gorilla.html (772 words)

	Mountain Gorillas in Peril
		Their deaths are not only a tragedy for their group (if there isn't a male capable of taking over the role of silverback, the group may desintegrate and wander aimlessly in the forest at the mercy of poachers), they put a serious dent in the whole species' chances for survival.
		There are only about 650 mountain gorillas left in the world, half of which live in the Parc National des Virungas in Zaire, and the other half in neighboring Rwanda and Uganda.
		The presence of the refugees increases the pressure on the endangered mountain gorillas.
	www.kilimanjaro.com /gorilla/marcel.htm (968 words)

	Rwanda - Landscape and Climate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In the northwest are the Virunga Mountains, a series of volcanic peaks.
		In the mountains, the weather is much cooler, and on the mountaintops, the temperature may drop below freezing.
		Volcanoes National Park in the Virunga Mountains of northwestern Rwanda is home to half of the world's remaining mountain gorillas.
	www.cp-pc.ca /english/rwanda/landclim.html (430 words)

	the story of the virungas
		Although skirted by explorers in the 1850s, the Virungas were not actually seen by white men until the 1890s, only about a century ago.
		The mountains themselves are indeed spectacular, but the mild climate on the high plateau around the mountains long ago attracted extensive native African occupation and development.
		The land of the Virungas is beautiful and rich, desirable to both beast and man. Many have tried to possess it.
	www.cotf.edu /ete/modules/mgorilla/mgvirungas.html (219 words)

	Virunga - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		VIRUNGA [Virunga], volcanic range of mountains, E Congo, N Rwanda, and SW Uganda, central Africa, NE of Lake Kivu.
		Rare Okapi Sighted in Eastern Congo Park; WWF and Partners Spot Giraffe Relative Not Seen in Virunga National Park for 50 Years.
		Casualties of war: For a decade, militiamen made the lumbering hippo their prey at venerable Virunga National Park in the Congo.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/V/Virunga.asp (244 words)

	CRES Projects: Karisoke Stress Study-Mountain Gorillas
		The mountain gorilla Gorilla gorilla beringei population in the wild currently numbers about 600 individuals.
		These populations are present in both the Virunga Mountains in Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Uganda and in a separate population in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda.
		To conserve this species and to allow the population to expand, a viable home must be protected in the Virunga Mountains and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, and information about their natural biology must be acquired.
	cres.sandiegozoo.org /projects/sp_karisoke_stress_gorillas.html (219 words)

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