In this picture taken Thursday  Aug. 12,  2012,   Park rangers patrol  in the Virunga National Park near Rumangabo, some 60 kms (40 miles) north of Goma, eastern Congo. Virtually every rebellion that has confronted Congo in the past 30 years has started in Virunga, Africa’s oldest national park created under Belgian rule in 1925. The number of rangers protecting Virunga is down from about 1,000 to a dedicated staff of 271. They include 48 new recruits trained by retired Belgian Special Forces. Once there were 4,000 soldiers based in the park, some of whom were involved in the illegal charcoal trade. Today, there are just 200 soldiers who are provided with food, communications and transport to encourage them to behave.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)