Slideshows:

• Chimpanzees of Gishwati
• The Heart of the Forest

Videos:

• Chimpanzee Cam I

• Gishwati Area Conservation Program

• Forest of Hope

Mr. Sylvain Nyandwi

Research Manager

Biographical Sketch

Sylvain Nyandwi, research manager for the Gishwati Area Conservation Program, was born in the South Province of Rwanda in 1980 and attended Gasave primary school. In 1995, he began secondary school at Byimana Sciences School, where he specialized in biochemistry and completed his studies in 2004. He earned a scholarship to National  University of Rwanda, where he studied zoology and conservation. In 2007-2008, he was president of the NUR environmental team. He is familiar with the Gishwati National Conservation Park ecosystem, having done research there for his dissertation: Impact of Human Activities on Distribution of Chimpanzees in Gishwati Forest Reserve. From July to September 2008, he was an intern at Karisoke Research Center, where he studied gorillas and other mammals. He believes conservation efforts are the only way to save endangered species, which decline in number day by day.