The Albertine Rift and the mountains are the result of tectonic movements that are gradually splitting the Somali Plate away from the rest of the African continent. The mountains surrounding the rift are composed of uplifted Pre-Cambrianbasement rocks, overlaid in parts by recent volcanic rocks.
Lakes and rivers
The northern part of the rift is crossed by two large mountain ranges, the Rwenzori Mountains between Lake Albert and Lake Rutanzige (formerly Lake Edward) and the Virunga Mountains between Lake Rutanziga and Lake Kivu. The Virungas form a barrier between the Nile Basin to the north and east and the Congo Basin to the west and south. Lake Rutenzige is fed by several large rivers, the Rutshuru River being one, and drains to the north through the Semliki River into Lake Albert. The Victoria Nile flows from Lake Victoria into the northern end of Lake Albert and exits as the White Nile from a point slightly to the west, flowing north to the Mediterranean.
The Albertine Rift is one of the most important biodiversity hotspots on the continent. 31 of its nearly 300 mammal species and 35 of its 900 bird species are found nowhere else on earth! It is also the area in Africa holding the highest number of threatened and endemic birds and mammals.
Wilderness Safaris believes that we can help make a difference to biodiversity conservation here and for this reason have partnered with the Bisate community in the reforestation of an iconic site outside Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda.
It is clear that the future conservation of mountain gorillas and many other Albertine Rift endemics depends on the integration of local communities into the conservation economy. This is something we hope to achieve through the development and operation of a luxury l...
published: 11 Aug 2017
The Incredible Biodiversity of the Albertine Rift Ecosystem | One Tree Planted
Formed over 25 million years as a result of two tectonic plates colliding and then slowly drifting apart, the rift is one of the most unique —and important— ecosystems on the planet.
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We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve partnered with the Jane Goodall Institute to plant 3 million trees as part of their “Wildlife Habitat & Corridor Restoration Project.” This will support long-term and large-scale restoration of the Albertine Rift Forests that stretch across Uganda. In addition to planting 3 million seedlings, 700 households will be trained and supported to apply sustainable agroforestry practices on their land — and each village involved will have at least one trained forest monitor.
The Albertine Rift ranks #1 out of 119 eco-regions on continental Af...
В удивительном царстве животного мира природа решила нарушить все мыслимые и немыслимые правила и законы. Фантастические эволюционные процессы и силы природы повлияли на происхождение и развитие некоторых необыкновенных животных. В результате мощных тектонических процессов, происходивших на планете, на свет появились особи, вынужденные активно приспосабливаться к условиям окружающей среды. За миллионы лет эволюции полезная мутация молекулы ДНК развивалась и укреплялась, способствуя выживанию многих видов с оригинальным образом жизни и нестандартными формами поведения.
published: 15 Oct 2022
Albertine Rift Conservation Society: 2012 MacArthur Award | MacArthur Foundation
Albertine Rift Conservation Society, a recipient of the 2012 MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions, fights to preserve biodiversity in the Albertine Rift. Learn more at http://bit.ly/ILPOlW.
Continuing MacArthur's tradition of encouraging creativity and building effective institutions to help address some of the world's most challenging problems, the annual MacArthur Awards for Creative and Effective Institutions recognize exceptional Foundation grantees and help ensure their sustainability. Learn more at http://www.macfound.org/programs/macei.
published: 08 Feb 2012
Life Force 2: Africa's Albertine Rift
Life Force is a breath-taking, blue-chip documentary series that celebrates and explores the unusual, the unexpected ... and the downright bizarre. This series reveals incredible habitats where nature has allowed eccentric animals, eclectic lifestyles and unorthodox patterns of behavior to flourish through the miracle of natural selection and the magic of evolution.
Africa's Albertine Rift: Africa is being ripped in half by tectonic upheaval. The same forces that have driven the ancient continent apart have also left many unique species to evolve in relative isolation. Evolutionary oddities like lungfish, shoebill, okapi and siafu or Africa's killer ant are all found in this region. Here, Chimpanzees and Bonobos show vastly different social bahaviours -- separated by the Congo river, coul...
published: 03 Jul 2014
Watch: One of the Wonders of the World found at Albertine Rift Escarpment in Bunyoro, Uganda 🇺🇬
The Albertine Rift is one of the most important biodiversity hotspots on the continent. 31 of its nearly 300 mammal species and 35 of its 900 bird species are f...
The Albertine Rift is one of the most important biodiversity hotspots on the continent. 31 of its nearly 300 mammal species and 35 of its 900 bird species are found nowhere else on earth! It is also the area in Africa holding the highest number of threatened and endemic birds and mammals.
Wilderness Safaris believes that we can help make a difference to biodiversity conservation here and for this reason have partnered with the Bisate community in the reforestation of an iconic site outside Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda.
It is clear that the future conservation of mountain gorillas and many other Albertine Rift endemics depends on the integration of local communities into the conservation economy. This is something we hope to achieve through the development and operation of a luxury lodge and all the attendant training, employment and procurement initiatives.
Beyond this we are excited to work on a wide range of other community engagement programmes in the areas of infrastructure development and education.
The Albertine Rift is one of the most important biodiversity hotspots on the continent. 31 of its nearly 300 mammal species and 35 of its 900 bird species are found nowhere else on earth! It is also the area in Africa holding the highest number of threatened and endemic birds and mammals.
Wilderness Safaris believes that we can help make a difference to biodiversity conservation here and for this reason have partnered with the Bisate community in the reforestation of an iconic site outside Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda.
It is clear that the future conservation of mountain gorillas and many other Albertine Rift endemics depends on the integration of local communities into the conservation economy. This is something we hope to achieve through the development and operation of a luxury lodge and all the attendant training, employment and procurement initiatives.
Beyond this we are excited to work on a wide range of other community engagement programmes in the areas of infrastructure development and education.
Formed over 25 million years as a result of two tectonic plates colliding and then slowly drifting apart, the rift is one of the most unique —and important— eco...
Formed over 25 million years as a result of two tectonic plates colliding and then slowly drifting apart, the rift is one of the most unique —and important— ecosystems on the planet.
Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2IsCtqc
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve partnered with the Jane Goodall Institute to plant 3 million trees as part of their “Wildlife Habitat & Corridor Restoration Project.” This will support long-term and large-scale restoration of the Albertine Rift Forests that stretch across Uganda. In addition to planting 3 million seedlings, 700 households will be trained and supported to apply sustainable agroforestry practices on their land — and each village involved will have at least one trained forest monitor.
The Albertine Rift ranks #1 out of 119 eco-regions on continental Africa for its endemic species of birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians, and #2 for its globally threatened species. In fact, it supports 50% of birds, 39% of mammals, 19% of amphibians, 14% of reptiles, and 14% of plants on Africa’s mainland.
It’s also — you guessed it — a prominent habitat for endangered chimpanzees. In fact, the two reserves where we’ll concentrate our efforts (The Budongo and Bugomo Central Forest Reserves) house a combined 1,000 chimpanzees. Why is this so key? While they numbered around 1 million at the turn of the century, their numbers have been drastically reduced — by over 730,000. And unfortunately, current trends indicate that African ape populations will decline by an additional 80% in the next 30-40 years.
Clearly, bold action is needed! And fortunately, we have just the thing. Science has proven that the long-term population viability of threatened species like chimpanzees is enhanced if connections between fragmented forest blocks are maintained via wildlife corridors linking small forest reserves, private forests and grasslands in intervening landscapes.
To learn more about our work in this region visit: https://onetreeplanted.org/collections/africa/products/plant-trees-chimpanzees
About One Tree Planted:
One Tree Planted is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. We are an environmental charity with a goal: to make it as simple as possible for anyone to plant trees. One dollar. One Tree. We also run hundreds of tree planting events around the world for people to get outdoors and plant trees in their local communities.
Follow what One Tree Planted is up to:
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Formed over 25 million years as a result of two tectonic plates colliding and then slowly drifting apart, the rift is one of the most unique —and important— ecosystems on the planet.
Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2IsCtqc
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve partnered with the Jane Goodall Institute to plant 3 million trees as part of their “Wildlife Habitat & Corridor Restoration Project.” This will support long-term and large-scale restoration of the Albertine Rift Forests that stretch across Uganda. In addition to planting 3 million seedlings, 700 households will be trained and supported to apply sustainable agroforestry practices on their land — and each village involved will have at least one trained forest monitor.
The Albertine Rift ranks #1 out of 119 eco-regions on continental Africa for its endemic species of birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians, and #2 for its globally threatened species. In fact, it supports 50% of birds, 39% of mammals, 19% of amphibians, 14% of reptiles, and 14% of plants on Africa’s mainland.
It’s also — you guessed it — a prominent habitat for endangered chimpanzees. In fact, the two reserves where we’ll concentrate our efforts (The Budongo and Bugomo Central Forest Reserves) house a combined 1,000 chimpanzees. Why is this so key? While they numbered around 1 million at the turn of the century, their numbers have been drastically reduced — by over 730,000. And unfortunately, current trends indicate that African ape populations will decline by an additional 80% in the next 30-40 years.
Clearly, bold action is needed! And fortunately, we have just the thing. Science has proven that the long-term population viability of threatened species like chimpanzees is enhanced if connections between fragmented forest blocks are maintained via wildlife corridors linking small forest reserves, private forests and grasslands in intervening landscapes.
To learn more about our work in this region visit: https://onetreeplanted.org/collections/africa/products/plant-trees-chimpanzees
About One Tree Planted:
One Tree Planted is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. We are an environmental charity with a goal: to make it as simple as possible for anyone to plant trees. One dollar. One Tree. We also run hundreds of tree planting events around the world for people to get outdoors and plant trees in their local communities.
Follow what One Tree Planted is up to:
Official website: https://onetreeplanted.org
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Facebook: https://facebook.com/onetreeplanted
Twitter: https://twitter.com/onetreeplanted
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В удивительном царстве животного мира природа решила нарушить все мыслимые и немыслимые правила и законы. Фантастические эволюционные процессы и силы природы по...
В удивительном царстве животного мира природа решила нарушить все мыслимые и немыслимые правила и законы. Фантастические эволюционные процессы и силы природы повлияли на происхождение и развитие некоторых необыкновенных животных. В результате мощных тектонических процессов, происходивших на планете, на свет появились особи, вынужденные активно приспосабливаться к условиям окружающей среды. За миллионы лет эволюции полезная мутация молекулы ДНК развивалась и укреплялась, способствуя выживанию многих видов с оригинальным образом жизни и нестандартными формами поведения.
В удивительном царстве животного мира природа решила нарушить все мыслимые и немыслимые правила и законы. Фантастические эволюционные процессы и силы природы повлияли на происхождение и развитие некоторых необыкновенных животных. В результате мощных тектонических процессов, происходивших на планете, на свет появились особи, вынужденные активно приспосабливаться к условиям окружающей среды. За миллионы лет эволюции полезная мутация молекулы ДНК развивалась и укреплялась, способствуя выживанию многих видов с оригинальным образом жизни и нестандартными формами поведения.
Albertine Rift Conservation Society, a recipient of the 2012 MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions, fights to preserve biodiversity in the Al...
Albertine Rift Conservation Society, a recipient of the 2012 MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions, fights to preserve biodiversity in the Albertine Rift. Learn more at http://bit.ly/ILPOlW.
Continuing MacArthur's tradition of encouraging creativity and building effective institutions to help address some of the world's most challenging problems, the annual MacArthur Awards for Creative and Effective Institutions recognize exceptional Foundation grantees and help ensure their sustainability. Learn more at http://www.macfound.org/programs/macei.
Albertine Rift Conservation Society, a recipient of the 2012 MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions, fights to preserve biodiversity in the Albertine Rift. Learn more at http://bit.ly/ILPOlW.
Continuing MacArthur's tradition of encouraging creativity and building effective institutions to help address some of the world's most challenging problems, the annual MacArthur Awards for Creative and Effective Institutions recognize exceptional Foundation grantees and help ensure their sustainability. Learn more at http://www.macfound.org/programs/macei.
Life Force is a breath-taking, blue-chip documentary series that celebrates and explores the unusual, the unexpected ... and the downright bizarre. This series ...
Life Force is a breath-taking, blue-chip documentary series that celebrates and explores the unusual, the unexpected ... and the downright bizarre. This series reveals incredible habitats where nature has allowed eccentric animals, eclectic lifestyles and unorthodox patterns of behavior to flourish through the miracle of natural selection and the magic of evolution.
Africa's Albertine Rift: Africa is being ripped in half by tectonic upheaval. The same forces that have driven the ancient continent apart have also left many unique species to evolve in relative isolation. Evolutionary oddities like lungfish, shoebill, okapi and siafu or Africa's killer ant are all found in this region. Here, Chimpanzees and Bonobos show vastly different social bahaviours -- separated by the Congo river, could subtle changes in environment be the key to this genetic difference.
Life Force 2 is a global production, partnering NHK and NHNZ with CCTV9, Science Channel, Discovery Networks International, Arte and SVT.
Discovery Science & Animal Planet title: Mutant Planet
Stock footage from this show is available from Moving Images -- NHNZ's stock footage archive. http://nhnzmovingimages.com
Life Force is a breath-taking, blue-chip documentary series that celebrates and explores the unusual, the unexpected ... and the downright bizarre. This series reveals incredible habitats where nature has allowed eccentric animals, eclectic lifestyles and unorthodox patterns of behavior to flourish through the miracle of natural selection and the magic of evolution.
Africa's Albertine Rift: Africa is being ripped in half by tectonic upheaval. The same forces that have driven the ancient continent apart have also left many unique species to evolve in relative isolation. Evolutionary oddities like lungfish, shoebill, okapi and siafu or Africa's killer ant are all found in this region. Here, Chimpanzees and Bonobos show vastly different social bahaviours -- separated by the Congo river, could subtle changes in environment be the key to this genetic difference.
Life Force 2 is a global production, partnering NHK and NHNZ with CCTV9, Science Channel, Discovery Networks International, Arte and SVT.
Discovery Science & Animal Planet title: Mutant Planet
Stock footage from this show is available from Moving Images -- NHNZ's stock footage archive. http://nhnzmovingimages.com
The Albertine Rift is one of the most important biodiversity hotspots on the continent. 31 of its nearly 300 mammal species and 35 of its 900 bird species are found nowhere else on earth! It is also the area in Africa holding the highest number of threatened and endemic birds and mammals.
Wilderness Safaris believes that we can help make a difference to biodiversity conservation here and for this reason have partnered with the Bisate community in the reforestation of an iconic site outside Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda.
It is clear that the future conservation of mountain gorillas and many other Albertine Rift endemics depends on the integration of local communities into the conservation economy. This is something we hope to achieve through the development and operation of a luxury lodge and all the attendant training, employment and procurement initiatives.
Beyond this we are excited to work on a wide range of other community engagement programmes in the areas of infrastructure development and education.
Formed over 25 million years as a result of two tectonic plates colliding and then slowly drifting apart, the rift is one of the most unique —and important— ecosystems on the planet.
Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2IsCtqc
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve partnered with the Jane Goodall Institute to plant 3 million trees as part of their “Wildlife Habitat & Corridor Restoration Project.” This will support long-term and large-scale restoration of the Albertine Rift Forests that stretch across Uganda. In addition to planting 3 million seedlings, 700 households will be trained and supported to apply sustainable agroforestry practices on their land — and each village involved will have at least one trained forest monitor.
The Albertine Rift ranks #1 out of 119 eco-regions on continental Africa for its endemic species of birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians, and #2 for its globally threatened species. In fact, it supports 50% of birds, 39% of mammals, 19% of amphibians, 14% of reptiles, and 14% of plants on Africa’s mainland.
It’s also — you guessed it — a prominent habitat for endangered chimpanzees. In fact, the two reserves where we’ll concentrate our efforts (The Budongo and Bugomo Central Forest Reserves) house a combined 1,000 chimpanzees. Why is this so key? While they numbered around 1 million at the turn of the century, their numbers have been drastically reduced — by over 730,000. And unfortunately, current trends indicate that African ape populations will decline by an additional 80% in the next 30-40 years.
Clearly, bold action is needed! And fortunately, we have just the thing. Science has proven that the long-term population viability of threatened species like chimpanzees is enhanced if connections between fragmented forest blocks are maintained via wildlife corridors linking small forest reserves, private forests and grasslands in intervening landscapes.
To learn more about our work in this region visit: https://onetreeplanted.org/collections/africa/products/plant-trees-chimpanzees
About One Tree Planted:
One Tree Planted is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. We are an environmental charity with a goal: to make it as simple as possible for anyone to plant trees. One dollar. One Tree. We also run hundreds of tree planting events around the world for people to get outdoors and plant trees in their local communities.
Follow what One Tree Planted is up to:
Official website: https://onetreeplanted.org
Instagram: https://instagram.com/onetreeplanted
Facebook: https://facebook.com/onetreeplanted
Twitter: https://twitter.com/onetreeplanted
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В удивительном царстве животного мира природа решила нарушить все мыслимые и немыслимые правила и законы. Фантастические эволюционные процессы и силы природы повлияли на происхождение и развитие некоторых необыкновенных животных. В результате мощных тектонических процессов, происходивших на планете, на свет появились особи, вынужденные активно приспосабливаться к условиям окружающей среды. За миллионы лет эволюции полезная мутация молекулы ДНК развивалась и укреплялась, способствуя выживанию многих видов с оригинальным образом жизни и нестандартными формами поведения.
Albertine Rift Conservation Society, a recipient of the 2012 MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions, fights to preserve biodiversity in the Albertine Rift. Learn more at http://bit.ly/ILPOlW.
Continuing MacArthur's tradition of encouraging creativity and building effective institutions to help address some of the world's most challenging problems, the annual MacArthur Awards for Creative and Effective Institutions recognize exceptional Foundation grantees and help ensure their sustainability. Learn more at http://www.macfound.org/programs/macei.
Life Force is a breath-taking, blue-chip documentary series that celebrates and explores the unusual, the unexpected ... and the downright bizarre. This series reveals incredible habitats where nature has allowed eccentric animals, eclectic lifestyles and unorthodox patterns of behavior to flourish through the miracle of natural selection and the magic of evolution.
Africa's Albertine Rift: Africa is being ripped in half by tectonic upheaval. The same forces that have driven the ancient continent apart have also left many unique species to evolve in relative isolation. Evolutionary oddities like lungfish, shoebill, okapi and siafu or Africa's killer ant are all found in this region. Here, Chimpanzees and Bonobos show vastly different social bahaviours -- separated by the Congo river, could subtle changes in environment be the key to this genetic difference.
Life Force 2 is a global production, partnering NHK and NHNZ with CCTV9, Science Channel, Discovery Networks International, Arte and SVT.
Discovery Science & Animal Planet title: Mutant Planet
Stock footage from this show is available from Moving Images -- NHNZ's stock footage archive. http://nhnzmovingimages.com
The Albertine Rift and the mountains are the result of tectonic movements that are gradually splitting the Somali Plate away from the rest of the African continent. The mountains surrounding the rift are composed of uplifted Pre-Cambrianbasement rocks, overlaid in parts by recent volcanic rocks.
Lakes and rivers
The northern part of the rift is crossed by two large mountain ranges, the Rwenzori Mountains between Lake Albert and Lake Rutanzige (formerly Lake Edward) and the Virunga Mountains between Lake Rutanziga and Lake Kivu. The Virungas form a barrier between the Nile Basin to the north and east and the Congo Basin to the west and south. Lake Rutenzige is fed by several large rivers, the Rutshuru River being one, and drains to the north through the Semliki River into Lake Albert. The Victoria Nile flows from Lake Victoria into the northern end of Lake Albert and exits as the White Nile from a point slightly to the west, flowing north to the Mediterranean.
and DRC ornithologists and herpetologists trekked for weeks in cars, on motorbikes and on foot to reach the Itombwe massif, on the western edge of the AlbertineRift, a vast ecoregion of mountains, ...
... alberti), also known as King Albert's helmetshrike, is a small bird that lives in the humid forests of the AlbertineRift mountains in central Africa.
By Dean Murray via SWNS... The bird is endemic to the western slopes of the AlbertineRift of Central Africa, according to Harvey, a region that has been largely inaccessible due to war and security issues, but that has recently become safer to visit.
Aristote, and Wandege M ... The bird is endemic to the western slopes of the AlbertineRift of Central Africa, according to Harvey, a region that has been largely inaccessible due to war and security issues but that has recently become safer to visit.
candidate from Uganda, has led the work that is the first steps to understanding how so many birds can coexist in the vast AlbertineRift ecosystem region in east-central Africa... of the Albertine Rift.
... avec de petits exploitants agricoles pour aider à accélérer le développement d’un nouveau projet de 30 ans en partenariat avec l’AlbertineRiftConservationSociety (ARCOS) et Reforest’Action.
Additionally, they detail the complicating factors of violence and instability in the AlbertineRift (the primary habitat of mountain gorillas) and a very difficult road ahead to protect great apes in ...
... of an agroforestry project with smallholder farmers to help accelerate the development of a new 30-year project in partnership with the AlbertineRiftConservationSociety (ARCOS) and Reforest’Action.
Aiken Standard
19 Jul 2024
Aiken Standard
19 Jul 2024