CLICK HERE FOR THE ENGLISH VERSION OF THE REPORT C’était un geste osé et délicat, ainsi nous avons demandé des conseils et avons mis du bon temps à y penser … Et nous voilà avec les résultats ! Contrairement aux années précédentes, Il y avait des compétiteurs et représentants Congolais au Gorilla Highlands Silverchef 2018,…
Category: Topic Mix
A variety of stories related to the Gorilla Highlands Initiative.
Pourquoi Gorilla Highlands & quel est le plan (2018-2020)
CLICK HERE FOR THE LONGER ENGLISH VERSION OF THIS PAGE Organisation L’initiative de Gorilla Highlands (GH) est une collaboration officieuse du secteur privé, ouvert a quiconque passionné par le Rwanda, l’Ouganda et la République Démocratique du Congo. Il a été initié par Edirisa, une entreprise sociale du Lac Bunyonyi en 2011. Depuis lors, des nombreuses…
96 Years, 114 Children, 6 Songs
“Katarinaaaaaaaaaaa-aaaaaa-aaaa,” you could hear a voice rise from Tom’s Homestay in the middle of Lake Bunyonyi, right there on the southwestern edge of Uganda. Sitting in a circle around a glowing campfire on a small hill north of the marshy bottleneck that divides Habukomi Island, trekkers from around the world listened to the traditional zither…
Fast-Tracking Congo and Wishing for Peace
Ian Cantwell, the Irish historian who wrote the bulk of the award-winning Gorilla Highlands Interactive eBook, returned from Congo two days ago… Oh yes, we wasted no time! The idea first unveiled in October and discussed at the Bootcamp in November turned into reality in December: fast-tracked inclusion of the Democratic Republic of Congo in…
20-Month Love Affair with Grauer’s Gorillas
Amy Porter’s relationship with animals is deep and intriguing. When she was a child, she would tell everyone that she “lived in a tree”. Years later, with an Anthropology PhD from University of California, Davis, and plentiful research experience with monkeys in South America under her belt, she went to the Democratic Republic of Congo……
Congo: How Deep Do We Go?
The headquarters of Kahuzi-Biega National Park overlooks a valley sprinkled with white buildings, as if in miniature, separated from the shining surface of Lake Kivu by gently rolling cultivated hills. Behind the thick walls of a visitor centre that could make Rwanda or Uganda envious, a coffee shop occupies one corner and a giant flat…
