What about Virunga DRC's National Park
Virunga was the first national park on the continent
of Africa. Today the Virunga National Park of the DR Congo is part of a three
countries’ (including Rwanda and Uganda) group of protected areas covering the
Virunga mountains, one of the planet’s hotspots with mountain gorillas as
flagship species. For much of its long history, though, Virunga National Park
has been severely threatened by armed conflict.
Thanks to the dedication of the
park’s rangers and wardens Virunga has been able to survive. Thereby the
cooperation of the Virunga Foundation with the governmental parks authority
ICCN played a key role. Their work to provide unique opportunities for tourists
to experience the natural wonders of the park made travellers not only
financing the management and infrastructure of the national park but also
triggers other financial contributions the surrounding communities benefit
from.
The vision is that Virunga becomes one of the world’s greatest travel
destinations with both nature and up to 4 million local people benefiting.
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