This features some of my research at Karisoke Research Centre in Rwanda, starting in 1970, as the first scientist to work with Dian Fossey. Then later, as Director of Karisoke, after the murder of Dian. I also studied the gorillas in Kahuzi-Biega National Park in DRC. I travelled extensively throughout Kivu province in 1979/80 doing a survey for WWF to census the location of all eastern gorilla populations. Again I visited Karisoke - to discuss conservation issues with Dian. During this period I climbed the Ruwenzori's - The Mountains of the Moon. Most of their glaciers have since disappeared.

I went back to Rwanda in July 1994 - just after the end of the terrible war and Genocide had ended. In 1999 I became the Rwandan Diplomatic Representative in the (then) new Scottish Parliament - with the remit to help Rwanda with it's reconstruction and rebuilding. We did a lot together - especially in Education.

I will upload more material soon!

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