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.
The Episode
- 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