Talk:Virunga National Park

message: Interesting.  Most of the references I've seen refer to 1950 as the establishment date for Kafue. Kruger National Park was also established in 1925, a few months before Virunga, but at the time is was established as a reserve, not a national park, hence Virunga's status as Africa's first National Park (second in the world, after Yellowstone National Park in the United States)
Virunga NP is indeed the first National Park in Africa. It was gazetted on 21 April 1925. Kruger was gazetted in January 1926. Like Virunga and Kruger, many National Parks were established based on pre-existing protected areas of various status. When referring to NP status, the date of creation must of course refer to the gazetting as National Park, not under other forms. Virunga is NOT the second NP in the world, because several National Parks were gazetted in the USA in the 1910s.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.205.92.219 (talk) 09:36, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Which is Africa's first?? 

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message: In regards to this sentence:
I searched the archive of the Institute of the National Parks of Belgian Congo' and read several articles about missions to Albert NP between the early 1930s and late 1950s. But nowhere did I find any mention of this park or Virunga NP having been established 'primarily to protect mountain gorilla'. In case, I find such an argument in these old reports, I will add this info again, with proper ref. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 14:23, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  founded primarily to protect the mountain gorillas ? 

message: There are 11 links after the "Official" link that is too many. Would someone explore using any links that qualify as a source or trimming the section?  --  Otr500 (talk) 11:07, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links 

message: While being the oldest NP in Africa and having benefitted from many publications; there is only one single book that provides a comprehensive history and facts (including description of biodiversity and habitats and the many challeges the NP faced) that is the result of the work of 30+ knowledgeable authors: "Virunga: The survival of Africa's first National park" edited by M. Languy and E. de Merode and published in 2009 by Lannoo (French version "Virunga: Survie du premier parc d'Afrique" in 2006 by the same publisher). I think this authoritative reference should be mentioned and used as reference for many topics relating to Virunga NP. 41.57.95.162 (talk) 11:51, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lack of reference to the most comprehensive review of history and value of Virunga NP