Rwanda’s famous Volcanoes National Park, home to the rare mountain gorillas, is set to expand over the next decade.

In early September, during the 20th Kwita Izina, Rwanda’s Gorilla Naming Ceremony, Prime Minister Justin Nsengiyumva announced the country and its conservation partners were beginning the process to expand its most internationally significant park by 23%.

It won’t be an easy or quick process, though. With private lands bordering Volcanoes National Park, there will be plenty of community involvement and, surely, payouts to move people farther from the mountain gorilla habitat. Currently, there is no timeline for when the park expansion will take place.

But just beginning the process shows Rwanda’s continued commitment to conservation, not just in the Virunga Massif, but

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