Rwanda being a small country it has taken high level in promoting sustainable tourism to save the mountain gorillas in the Volcanoes National Park and the chimpanzee in Kyamudongo area, part of Nyungwe Forest National Park. There are several companies promoting Eco Tours Rwanda and the promoting this type of tourism it has led to the increase of the mountain…
The buzz at the foot of the Volcanoes National Park in northern Rwanda on Wednesday was yet another sign of how eco-adventure tourism like mountain gorilla trekking has high prospects for Rwanda. In the morning breeze, more than 100 tourists interacted with Rwandan tourism officials, including CEO of Rwanda Development Board (RDB) Clare Akamanzi, before embarking on their journey to…
To some people when pondering about elephants, the first thing that comes to their mind is the circus and zoo for that is where they have seen them. The notion that there are big herds of wild elephants roaming in their natural habitat in big plain grass and forest lands in Africa, India, Thailand, the Philippines, and other Asian countries…
Mountain gorillas have to thank the efforts of Gorilla Doctors and other organizations in restoring hope for these world’s endangered species. Unless you’re a bit of a statistics enthusiast, census figures are probably not of great interest to you. But here are three simple numbers that are worth your attention. The Aiken Standard, a daily newspaper published in Aiken, South…
Call for participation in the Climate and Energy conference in Kigali. It is an ambitious, global citizen deliberation feeding into United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP) 21 under World Wide Views -WWViews project. It is a global citizen deliberation exercise, integrating citizen consultations in all participating countries on the same day across the world…