FZS has been involved in biodiversity conservation in the Virunga ecosystem since Bernhard Grzimek visited the park in the 1950s. Indeed, for many years, FZS was the only organization paying ranger salaries. In the 1980s, FZS supported the very first habituation of mountain gorillas for tourism, and eventually, for chimpanzees as well. The civil war and unrest in eastern Congo caused support to decline in the early 1990s, but in 2003, the project was reinstated. In early 2004, Rob Muir was brought in to head up FZS activities.

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Frankfurt Zoological Society has provided vital support to Virunga since the 1950s, and is actively involved in planning, training park staff and developing critical park infrastructure.