GVTC

The Regional Committee for Landscape Management of the Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration is meeting today in Musanze, Rwanda. It advises the GVTC on matters of landscape management of the Greater Virunga Landscape. Are there any issues for it’s attention? Tweet here.

The Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration has handed over 3 Landcruisers to the Uganda Wildlife Authority to boost #OneHealth surveillance. Supporting @ugwildlife with better disease detection, sample transport & Community outreach @FAOAfrica @WHOAFRO @UNICEFAfrica

Today, @FAOUganda handed over 8 vehicles to @GreaterVirunga & @GorillaDoctors under the @Pandemic_Fund–supported project “Strengthening One Health–Based PPR in the Greater Virunga Landscape" to strengthen surveillance, coordination & response to zoonotic diseases across 🇺🇬,🇷🇼&🇨🇩.

The Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration today received vehicles from @FAOUganda on behalf of the Pndemic Fund SOHGVLPPR project A key boost to field operations, surveillance & cross-border response @WHOUganda @FAOUganda @UNICEFUganda

The @GreaterVirunga together with consortium members @WWFUganda @GorillaDoctors @IGCP @IUCN and partners @FAOUganda @WHOUganda @UNICEFUganda and @MinofHealthUG @MTWAUganda @MAAIF_Uganda @min_waterUg today started consultations for the national workplan for the SOHGVL Uganda

@wasac_rwanda please do something

@GreenBeltMovmnt @KeForestService @karurafriends @MathaiWanjira @DeboraBarasa @GMugambi_CBS @FiuNifiu @gichohi_waweru @citizentvkenya @UNEP_Africa @ConservationKen Is tarmacking a road destroying the forest?

🌳🚨Did you know that @KeForestService is tarmacking inside Karura Forest while trying to silence @karurafriends? Why destroy natural trails in a public forest? Who was consulted? Is this a grand scheme like in the 90s? Karura is NOT for sale. #HandsOffKarura #SaveKarura

The GVTC with partners @WWFUganda @IucnRwanda @GorillaDoctors @WWFDRC convened partners Rwanda Government ministries of Health, Agriculture, Environment and RDB supported by @FAORwanda @WHORwanda to discuss One-Health work plan for Rwanda

The team of the SOHGVL project led by the GVTC Today meT with the Northern Kivu provincial Head of the Health Division, plus the Disease Surveillance Head Officer, Division of Environment, the Environment Head Officer and Livestock Division staff @IGCP @FAORwanda @WWFUganda

The GVTC, IGCP, Kalisoke Research Center and others were represented in the celebration of the Rangers day

Volcanoes National Park rangers celebrating the rangers day and 100 years of Volcanoes National Park creation @RDBrwanda

Prosper Uwingeli, the Volcanoes National Park Chief Warden acknowledging the role of women in habituation of monkeys.

How many reschedules can an airline do to a flight?

The @greatervirunga is attending the planning meeting for the Phase 2 of the Vanishing Treasures Project with partners @WWFUganda @IGCP @Arcos @UNEP @ugwildlife @min_waterUg

The Ministry of Health of Uganda…

Today the Strengthening One Health PPR In the GVL Project team (GVTC, WWF, IGCP, Gorilla Doctors, IUCN) visited the Uganda Wildlife Authority. Thanks to the @Ugandawildlife for a very productive discussion.@WHOAFRO @FAORwanda @IGCP @WWFUganda @GorillaDoctors @IucnRwanda

The Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature in Kinshasa…

The @MAAIF_Uganda ….

Meetings were also held with the DRC Health Commission in Kinshasa

The Delivery Partners of the SOHGVL project, the GVTC, Gorilla Doctors and IGCP held a meeting with the World Bank team team to discuss implementation #SOHGVL ⁦@IGCP⁩ ⁦@FAORwanda⁩ ⁦@RDBrwanda⁩ ⁦@GorillaDoctors⁩ ⁦@WWFUganda⁩

The Chairperson of the GVTC and the Chief Tourism Officer of the Rwanda Development Board emphasis importance of collaboration between the mountain gorilla range states in managing the shared natural resources in the Greater Virunga Landscape

Today the GVTC with its conservation partners have flagged off the first ever combined Mountain Gorilla and Chimpanzee in the Greater Virunga Landscape