Me & the Daily Telegraph journalist in Virunga
Category: In the Press, Virunga National Park | Date: Aug 17 2007 | By: admin
I have just been shown this story by Ben, my friend who was in Congo and came with us on patrol. He is a journalist for the Daily Telegraph in England. If you click on the picture you will be able to read his story of when he was with us.
Dangerous Jobs on Discovery Channel, Tues 10pm
Category: In the Press | Date: May 09 2007 | By: admin
I went through my photos and have found some of Ben Anderson from the Discovery Channel.
When he was here, he actually did very well as a Ranger as he is a very strong man.
I have done some looking around the Discovery Channel website and it appears that the show starts on May 15th and is on every Tuesday from then at 10pm. I think for now it is only being shown in the UK, and I would appreciate it if anyone knows how to get a copy of the program.
Technorati : Congo Rangers, Dangerous Jobs, Discovery Channel, Virunga, WildlifeDirect
Congo Rangers, most dangerous job in the world?
Category: In the Press, Virunga National Park | Date: May 08 2007 | By: admin
Jules Aloma brought back these photos of his troop training in the jungle around here at Mutsora.
Even though the troops are now nearly always out on patrol, it is necessary when they are back at Mutsora for them to regularly undergo more training while in a safe zone.
This way we are able to monitor the rangers and make sure that they are following all procedures correctly.
As while we’re out on patrol there is no room for mistakes, one wrong move could spell a potential disaster, which may be why Discovery Channel has labeled being a Congo Ranger as one of the most dangerous jobs in the world.
They were filming part of their series here in Virunga last year. I know that I have some photos somewhere of the filming and will try and dig them out for tomorrow.
Technorati : Congo, Discovery Channel, Mutsora, Virunga, WildlifeDirect
Photos from Paul, World Picture News
Category: In the Press, Out on Patrol | Date: May 04 2007 | By: admin
Last week Paul from World Picture News was here in Virunga taking photos of the Advance Force both here in Mutsora, out on patrol around Djuma, as well as some photos of the Kabirizi family of Mountain Gorillas. He has been kind enough to send a few of these pictures for us to share with you on our blogs, and so you will find some over on Joseph Aloma’s blog, and a few more here. Enjoy.
Technorati : Congo, Congo Rangers, Virunga, WildlifeDirect, World Picture News
Patrol in Djuma with Paul from World Picture News
Category: In the Press, Out on Patrol | Date: Apr 25 2007 | By: admin
After just a couple of days in Mutsora, it was time to go back out on patrol again, with Paul from World Picture News joining us for a couple of days.
Above you can see the Djuma Patrol Post with a palm tree grove in the background.
It’s no longer a suitable PP for the area, and we really need to take this one down and build a stronger one which is good enough for the guards and their families.This is a very valuable area with the recent finding of okapi here, as well as the new road being built by Soderu which connects Uganda with Congo.
I believe that ICCN should put road blocks on this road where it enters and exits the park, so that we can monitor the traffic and make sure that illegal activities such as logging and poaching do not go on within our borders. We could also even use the road blocks as a small income for the park or pay for the upkeep of the road, but to monitor poaching is essential as although these new roads can provide much hope to an area, the increased accessibility of the park to outsiders can see dramatic rises in the traffic of bush meat.
Technorati : Congo, Virunga, WildlifeDirect, World Picture News
Voice of America
Category: In the Press | Date: Apr 23 2007 | By: admin
From the post on Tuesday about Jean Marie’s escape from the rebel leader 106, Samantha Newport from the WildlifeDirect team saw the story and wrote a press release. The story was then this weekend picked up by Voice of America and so on Saturday I did an interview over the phone with one of their reporters Kari in Kenya.
If you click on the picture below it will take you to the article, although the man in the picture is not Jean Marie.
Technorati : Radio, Voice of America, WildlifeDirect
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