DRC GENERAL BACKGROUND
- Democratic Republic of the Congo In Perspective. Orientation Guide: Geography, History, Cities, Economy, Society, Security, Military, Religion, Traditions, Mobutu Era, Congo Wars, Hazards. US Government, US Military, Department of Defense, 2010.
- Graetz et al., 2018. Mapping local variation in educational attainment across Africa. Nature 555, doi:10.1038/nature25761; https://www.nature.com/articles/nature25761
- Osgood-Zimmerman et al., 2018. Mapping child growth failure in Africa between 2000 and 2015. Nature 555, doi:10.1038/nature25760; https://www.nature.com/articles/nature25760
- Prendergast J. & Bafilemba F., 2018. Congo Stories, Battling Five Centuries of Exploitation and Greed. Grand Central Publishing, NY Interview, 18 Dec 2018
- Trefon T., 2016. Congo’s Environmental Paradox. Potential and Predation in a Land of Plenty. Zed Books, London.
- Trefon T.& Kabuyana N., 2018. Goma: Stories of Strength and Sorrow from Eastern Congo. Zed Books, London (English). Originally published in French under the title “Précarité et bien-être à Goma (RDC)” (2016).
- UNICEF_DRC statistics
- WHO DRC statistics
VIRUNGA AND KAHUZI-BIEGA-PARKS
- Fawcett K. et al., 2010. Long term changes in the Virunga Volcanoes.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virunga_National_Park
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahuzi-Biéga_National_Park
- https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/63
- https://wwf.panda.org/
- https://virunga.org
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_gorilla
- https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/national-parks-of-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo.html
- https://whc.unesco.org/es/list/137
- https://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/12/africa/virunga-national-park-mountain-gorilla/index.html
- Mubala Kakira , 2010. Monitoring Law Enforcement Effort and Illegal Activity in Selective Protected Areas. Implications for Management and Conservation, Democratic Republic of Congo (MSc Dissertation). Ghent University (Belgium), faculty of Sciences. 418 pp.
- Nellemann C., Redmond I., Refisch J., 2010. United Nations Environment Programme. The Last Stand of the Gorilla: Environmental Crime and Conflict in the Congo Basin. UNEP/Earthprint. p. 86. ISBN 9788277010762.
- Plumptre A.J. et al., 2003. The Biodiversity of the Albertino Rift. Albertine Rift Technical Reports 3. Wildlife Conservation Society.
- Plumtre J. et al., 2010. The effects of environmental and anthropogenic changes on the Savannas of the Queen Elizabeth and Virunga National parks.
- Yamagiwa J. et al., 2010. Long-term changes in habitats and ecology of African apes in Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo.
CONFLICT RESOURCES
- Mubala Kakira, 2010. Monitoring Law Enforcement Effort and Illegal Activity in Selective Protected Areas. Implications for Management and Conservation, Democratic Republic of Congo (MSc Dissertation). Ghent University (Belgium), faculty of Sciences. 418 pp.
- Temper L., del Bene D., Martinez-Alier J., 2015. Mapping the frontiers and front lines of global environmental justice: the EJAtlas. Journal of Political Ecology 22: 255-278: https://ejatlas.org.
- Trefon T., 2016. Congo’s Environmental Paradox. Potential and Predation in a Land of Plenty. Zed Books, London.
PARK RANGERS
- https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-07-28/fight-end-poaching-africas-virunga-national-park
- https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/jan/15/gorillas-guns-volcanoes-congo-virunga-park
- https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/06/140627-congo-virunga-wildlife-rangers-elephants-rhinos-poaching/
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/06/we-know-we-may-be-killed-the-rangers-risking-their-lives-for-virungas-gorillas?CMP=twt_gu
- https://prwop.org
- WWF, 2016. Ranger perceptions: Africa. 20 pp.
BENEFICIARIES OF THE PROJECT
TRAINING TOOLS
- Turning the Tide: https://turningtide.org.uk/wp/wpcontent/uploads/2016/11/Group_Types.pdf
- NIDOS_Partnership_Guide_-_Effectiveness_in_Action
- https://www.scotland-malawipartnership.org/get-involved/principles/