Virunga National Park is suffering due to the many political upheavals in Eastern Congo. While civil wars follow each other in quick succession, humans and animals are dealing with the excesses of too much poaching and logging. A small but brave group of rangers is desperately trying to protect this UNESCO world heritage against poachers armed militias and other dark forces that are out to get Congo 's natural resources. Virunga tells the incredible story of ordinary Congolese who risk their lives for a piece of Africa the rest of the world has given up a long time ago.