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…
