Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International

  • Name

    Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International

  • Herbarium Code

    DFGFI

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Marie Fidele Tuyisenge, Research Assistant, mtuyisenge@gorillafund.org

  • Contact

    +250(0)785 784 878
    Email: mtuyisenge@gorillafund.org

  • Address

    Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Herbarium
    Karisoke Research Center
    Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International
    PO Box 105
    Musanze, Northern Province
    Rwanda

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Flowering Plants, Ferns and Fern Allies, Fungi

    Geography: Rwanda, Albertine Rift

  • Notes

    The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Herbarium is a unit of the Karisoke Research Center, a research institute and program of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund in Rwanda\'s Volcanoes National Park. It was founded by Dian Fossey on 24 September 1967 to study endangered mountain gorillas. Fossey located the camp in Rwanda\'s Virunga volcanic mountain range, between Mount Karisimbi and Mount Bisoke, and named it by combining the names of the two mountains. Today, Karisoke continues to upgrade its capacity for scientific research through new technology and new partnerships with local authorities and other conservation organizations. Recently, comedian Ellen DeGeneres plans to help build a permanent home in Rwanda for the work of the Fossey Fund to protect critically endangered mountain gorillas. The Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Fossey Gorilla Fund is to be a permanent, specially designed facility for scientists who are helping to save mountain gorillas.

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  • Number of Specimens

    1114

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae 0 0 0
    Bryophytes 2 2 0
    Fungi/Lichens 7 7 0
    Pteridophytes 328 328 0
    Seed Plants 807 807 0
  • Date Founded

    1967

  • Updated

    06/07/2021

  • Associated Institution

    Center of Excellence in Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management, University of Rwanda

  • Important Collectors

    Aimable Nsanzurwimo, Gudula Ny D\'Arcy