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Mount Nyamulagira stands in Virunga Park—a 3,000 square mile National Park in eastern Congo known for its incredible biodiversity that includes rare birds, mammals and critically endangered mountain gorillas. The volcano began erupting November 6, 2011 and could continue for the next several months. The Park is taking advantage of… Read the rest

The BBC may have a hit on their hands with their new natural history documentary “Chimpcam” set to premiere this week. The entire film was shot by the chimps, making their brethren from the Congo – who are just noticing cameras — look pretty silly.
[Via: Huffington Post]
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The Goualougo Triangle, located within the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park in Congo, is home to communities of “naive” apes, gorillas and chimpanzees who have experienced little-to-no contact with human beings.
According to Boing Boing:

These apes behave in ways that haven’t been observed by scientists anywhere else in the world — … Read the rest

Andy Maser of Rivers in Demand is the man. Not only is he a National Geographic Young Explorer, but he’s the one who organized Portland’s 350.org kayak event on the Willamette River a few weeks ago. He’s also one of Wend’s Global iWend Ambassadors. In fact, he has an article… Read the rest

Thanks to Julian Borger at guardian.co.uk for bringing us news about the Congo Basin Forest Fund, which launched today. The fund, which is the largest ever set to combat deforestation, was implemented by Britain and Norway to help fight deforestation in the vast Congo basin rainforest in Central Africa. The… Read the rest