An attempted assassination of the warden of Africa’s oldest national park reveals to the world the dangers and violence lurking inside one of the most beautiful landscapes on earth.
Emmanuel De Merode
Bethan Davies and Robert Jesty
Virunga National Park Ranger
Virunga National Park Boundary
Virunga National Park Map
Episode Source Material
- TedX: WWF Emmanuel De Merode, A Story of Conflict Renewal & Hope
- BBC News: DR Congo: Fighters Agree to Gorilla Survey in Virunga by staff
- BBC News: Virunga National Park: DR Congo Rangers Killed by staff
- BBC News: Oil Threat to DR Congo’s Virunga National Park by staff
- BBC News: DR Congo Cursed by Its National Wealth by staff and Dan Snow
- BBC News: Belgian Emmanuel de Merode Shot in DR Congo Ambush by staff
- The Associated Press: Emmanuel de Merode, Beligian Royal, Shot in Congo Park. By CBC News staff
- Associated Press: Emmanuel de Merode: Belgian Chief Warden of DRC National park Wounded in Gun Attack. By staff
- France 24 News: Beligan Head of Wildlife Reserve Shot in DR Congo. By Steven Jambot and Thomas Hubert
- United National Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO): Director-General Condemns Attack on Emmanuel de Merode, Director of the Virunga National Park
- April 20, 2014 Virunga National Park Press Statement: by Emmanuel de Merode via Ape Alliance
- Independent: Who Tried to Kill the Man Who Protects the Congo Gorillas?. By Joseph Kavanagh and Adam Lusher
- BBC News: Battle to Save Africa’s Oldest National Park Told in Film by Tom Brook
- The Guardian: Emmanuel de Merode, Gorillas Take On All the Positive Aspects of Being Human. By Ruaridh Nicoll
- BBC News: My Other Children, the Orphan Gorillas of Virunga by Vibeke Venema
- BBC News: Virunga Mountain Gorillas Under Threat by Maud Jullien
- Globe News Wire: Emmanuel de Merode & Anthony Caere of Congo’s Virunga National Park to Receive the ‘Albert Schweitzer Award’ at Last Chance for Animals Annual Gala. By staff
- BBC News: Virunga National Park DR Congo Ranger Killed by staff
- April 10th, 2018 Virunga National Park Press Statement
- May 11th, 2018 Virunga National Park Press Statement
- BBC News: British Tourists Kidnapped in Virunga National Park by staff
- BBC News: DR Congo, Why Tourists Go to Virunga National Park by staff
- BBC News: Gorillas Pose for Selfie With DR Congo anti-poaching unit by staff
- National Geographic Society: Protecting Gorillas in Virunga National Park Explorers Festival 2018
- LSE News: Virunga National Park Rethinking ‘Law and Order’ in Conservation. By Judith Verweijen, Saidi Kubuya Batundi
- March 3, 2020 Virunga National Press Statement
- New York Times: 12 Rangers Among 17 Killed in Congo Park Ambush by Abdi Latif Dahir
- April 2020 Virunga National Park Press Statement
- KIVU Security: Why Were the Virunga National Park Rangers Killed? By staff
- BBC News: Six Ranger Killed in DR Congo’s Virunga National Park
- Reuters: Guardians of Congo’s Gorillas Unbowed As Ambushed Colleague Is Buried. By Djaffar Al Katanty
- The Conversation: Why Rangers in the Congo’s Virunga National Park Are Under Attack. By Beth Daley
- BBC News: DR Congo Country Profile by BBC Monitoring staff
- BBC News: DR Congo’s Virunga National Park: The Deadly Job of Protecting Gorillas. By Vivienne Nunis and Sarah Treanor
- BBC News: Italian Ambassador to DR Congo Killed in UN Convoy Attack. By Staff
- Parc National Des Virunga Website
- Parc National Des Virunga: The Virunga Rangers
- Parc National Des Virunga: The Fallen Rangers Fund
- Parc National Des Virunga: The Challenge by website staff
- Virunga Origins: Park Rangers
- Virunga by Netflix Films. Published 2014. Accessed December 7, 2021
- GOV.UK Travel Advisory Posting
- Men’s Journal: The Last Stand in Africa’s Most Dangerous Park. By Damon Tabor