Sunday is United Nations World Wildlife Day, with much celebration of the elephant and rhino, the parrot and pangolin, and the marine life that is this year’s UN focus. It’s also a day to remember the wildlife defenders who risk and too often lose their lives in the fight against…
At least 200 environmental activists, NGO personnel, journalists and wildlife defenders died in 2016, and the work of rangers in the national parks of Democratic Republic of Congo continues to make the country among the seven deadliest in the world, the new “Defenders of the Earth” report from Global Witness…
Virunga National Park in Democratic Republic of Congo has been described as the world’s most dangerous park, and defending it claimed another life this week. Patrick Prince Muhayirwa, a 26-year-old ranger, was killed by Mai-Mai (FDLR) rebels at the park near the Ugandan border – a fate that has befallen…