 Derscheid became a critic of colonial agricultural policy in Rwanda and Burundi, began raising funds and lobbying for the creation of a park to preserve gorilla habitat.He was appointed to accompany Akeley on the 1926-1927 expedition to Kivu, Belgian Congo that first mapped the area in detail and defined the borders of the Albert National Park (now Virunga National Park).Carl Akeley died on November 18, 1926, only three days after the expedition arrived at Kabara, on the slope of the volcano Mount Mikeno.