Diary: Protecting mountain gorillas
FRIDAY 13 JUNE - BACK TO BUSINESS
The Makala campaign is the sustained effort to prevent the destruction of the gorilla's habitat for charcoal.
This illegal trade is considered to be the most important threat to the future of the mountain gorillas in Virunga.
Our charcoal roadblock on the route between the park and Goma has been difficult to manage because trucks have been trying to force their way through at night and at high speed.
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MONDAY 3 MARCH - BACK TO SQUARE ONE
The problem is that we are making many enemies, especially among the military.
Some of them have been making a lot of money from the charcoal and they are not happy with our efforts to stop the illegal trade.
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more:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7110093.stmThese rangers are in as much danger as many frontline soldiers. It's worth coming back to this blog regularly to see what a heroic example they are setting for environmental activists and for their countrymen, even those that don't appreciate it.