Rwanda has enthusiastically received thousands of international,
regional and local visitors to its Virunga mountain ranges to visit the
endangered mountain gorillas. For decades, international conservation
organizations, donors and concerned individuals have made substantial
resources available to the gorilla conservation cause and continue to do
so.
The remaining home range of the endangered mountain gorillas is limited
to the Virunga Massif, a chain of volcanic mountains shared by Rwanda, DRC and Uganda. Rwanda boasts two third of the Virunga Massif's
remaining endangered mountain gorillas. The remaining population of
mountain gorillas has only survived thanks to the renewed efforts of
national conservation authorities and the local populations and the
support they have received from the international community.
Despite turbulences in the region in the recent past, conservation
partners have been active in the protection of this species and their
habitat. For several decades now, Rwanda has been at the forefront of
gorilla conservation efforts. The government of Rwanda through the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) has put conservation high on its national
agenda, not only for the protection of mountain gorillas and other
keystone species, but also their habitats and ecosystems that provide
life support to us all.
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