VISIT RWANDA LAUNCHES INSTAGRAM CITIZEN SCIENCE PROGRAM FOR GORILLA CONSERVATION
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Tuesday, September 27, 2022
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Visit Rwanda and the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) is launching a new innovative use of technology to protect and conserve gorillas and promote sustainable and responsible wildlife tourism in the country. With GorillaGram, visitors to Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park will not just get to spend time with the country's famed mountain gorillas, but they can also utilize Instagram to help play an active role in gorilla conservation by sharing their own experiences and photos through the platform.
Key Points:
- Rwanda is home to some of the only populations of mountain gorillas, and their protection has been a conservation success story in Rwanda.
- With the intentions of continuing conservation efforts and further growing the population of wild gorillas, the Rwandan gorilla families will now have a presence on Instagram through this project.
- Now, Visit Rwanda celebrates the holiday with an annual baby gorilla naming ceremony, Kwita Izina .
- Ms. Rugwizangoga adds, "Those looking to make positive change and environmental impacts through travel need look no further than gorilla tracking in Rwanda.