Newsroom

25 Latest Articles Current Articles | Archives | Search

Entries for August 2021

To Understand Future Habitat Needs for Chimpanzees, Look to the Past

Science publication

August 23, 2021
To Understand Future Habitat Needs for Chimpanzees, Look to the Past
  New study examines where chimpanzees found refuge from climate instability during the past 120,000 years Findings help predict how to mitigate against predicted biodiversity from climate change A new study provides insight into where chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) avoided climate instability during glacial and interglacial periods in Africa over the past 120,000 years. Using bioclimatic variables and other data, the study identified previously unknown swaths of habitat, r...

READ THE STORY

Tags: Climate, Forest, Chimpanzees


Partnership Renewed with WCS, Republic of Congo, and Forestry Company to Protect Wildlife and Biodiversity

Press release

August 19, 2021
Partnership Renewed with WCS, Republic of Congo, and Forestry Company to Protect Wildlife and Biodiversity
Olam International’s subsidiary Congolaise Industrielle des Bois (CIB), the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the Ministry of Forest Economy (MEF) of the Republic of Congo (ROC) have renewed their partnership agreement to protect wildlife around Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park in northern ROC. The national park is part of a Trinational UNESCO World Heritage site recognized for the importance of its animal and plant biodiversity. The renewed agreement was signed on 8th August 2021 in ...

READ THE STORY

Tags: Policy & partnership, Periphery, Private sector engagement


"Congolese women think they don't belong in the forest. But we do!"

News

August 18, 2021
"Congolese women think they don't belong in the forest. But we do!"
For some reason, Esther has always dreamed of working in the forest. Despite the predominance of men in this field, she made a place for herself as a research assistant in the heart of the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, and showed that research is open to all. “I don’t know why I always wanted to be in the forest,” says Esther Nkoussou, shrugging her shoulders as she packs to get ready to go gorilla-tracking, deep in the Congo Basin forest. For a year now, Esther has been ...

READ THE STORY

Tags: Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Conservation science, Social safeguard


Stories and history of Mondika

News

August 10, 2021
Stories and history of Mondika
Diane Doran-Sheehy looking through binoculars, 1998 ©Natashah Shah At the edge of Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, in a truly remote part of the northern Congo rainforest, the last 25 years have seen the Mondika research site evolve from a modest forest camp, into one of the world’s most important centres for studies on the western lowland gorilla, thanks to the dedication of a long line of incredible people. This is the history of the site, in their words. It all started with &ldq...

READ THE STORY

Tags: Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, gorillas, Conservation science