Sign the Petition to World Wildlife Fund  I want to join the
thousands of others who are declaring that Virunga too valuable
to be destroyed for short-term financial gain.  park should
remain protected and unexploited.   WWF (World Wildlife Fund /
World Wide Fund for Nature)  My inspiration to become a
conservationist came 20 years ago, when I was deep in the
pristine forest of Virunga National Park, which I like to call
"the Yellowstone of Africa." Found along the equator, on the
western edge of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the park
is rich with a canopy of trees. It was the sounds of the
gorillas and the stories of the people who rely on the natural
resources of the park that made me want to work in Virunga--and
worldwide--to protect the environment for people and wildlife.
That's one of the reasons why I am so disheartened that British
oil company Soco International PLC plans to explore for oil
inside the park. Virunga National Park is Africa's oldest
national park. It could soon become the con