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The Guardian: The secret life of the Congo rainforest – in pictures

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March 07, 2025
The Guardian: The secret life of the Congo rainforest – in pictures
Using high-definition camera traps on trails in Congo’s Nouabalé-Ndoki national park, Will Burrard-Lucas, a photographer for the Wildlife Conservation Society, has captured Africa’s most elusive and rarely seen animals. The portfolio is accessible here. PDF version at this link.

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Tags: Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Celebration, Biodiversity


Le Monde: In the Congo Basin, environmental NGOs step up efforts to include Indigenous populations

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September 19, 2024
Le Monde: In the Congo Basin, environmental NGOs step up efforts to include Indigenous populations
The French newspaper Le Monde Afrique published a photo report on the progress made in including Indigenous Peoples in the management of protected areas in the Congo Basin, focusing on Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, where the journalist met with researchers and ecoguards from the BaAka peoples. Read the piece at this link. Find the PDF here.

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Tags: Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Conservation science, Wildlife protection, Social safeguard, Community conservation


A pioneering public-private collaboration celebrates 25 years of biodiversity conservation in the Republic of Congo.

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August 05, 2024
A pioneering public-private collaboration celebrates 25 years of biodiversity conservation in the Republic of Congo.
This year marks an important milestone: the Peripheral Ecosystem Management Project (PROGEPP) celebrates 25 years of protecting gorillas, elephants, and other iconic species in northern Congo. Launched through a unique collaboration between the Ministry of Forest Economy, Olam Agri, and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), this pioneering project has become a model for sustainable natural resource management. Since 1999, PROGEPP has worked to safeguard the exceptional biodiversity of Noua...

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Tags: Periphery, Wildlife protection, Private sector engagement, Celebration


Analysis of N2O Emissions, Greenhouse Gas, in the Lac Télé Community Reserve

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April 02, 2024
Analysis of N2O Emissions, Greenhouse Gas, in the Lac Télé Community Reserve
Let's embark on an adventure into the fascinating Epena forest, at the heart of the Lac Télé Community Reserve! In March 2024, a team of passionate researchers, led by Dr. Sydney Thony Ndolo Ebika from Congo and Dr. Ulo Mander from Estonia, embarked on an expedition to explore the secrets of peatlands and flooded savannas, to better understand their crucial role in our ecosystem. As part of the international project, "Peatland N20", we visited the heart of the marshes to study g...

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Tags: Conservation science, Lac Télé Community Reserve, Peatlands


UNDARK Magazine: The Uncharted World of Emerging Pathogens

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February 14, 2024
UNDARK Magazine: The Uncharted World of Emerging Pathogens
Undark magazine takes a look at early epidemic detection initiatives, including sampling animal carcasses found dead in the forest in northern Congo by the WCS. Read more here. PDF version here.

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Tags: One Health, Conservation science


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

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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 ...

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


Stories and history of Mondika

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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...

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


Empowering women through tourism development

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March 08, 2021
Empowering women through tourism development
‘Maman’ Saida Nola, proud owner of one of the only restaurants in Bomassa, a remote village at the entrance of Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Republic of Congo ©N.Radford/WCS A new sound can be heard ringing out across the Sangha River in the rainforests of northern Congo—the clinking of cups and cutlery at Saida Nola’s new restaurant. ‘Maman Saida’ as she is affectionately known in Bomassa village started her restaurant, ‘La Main de Dieu’, ...

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Tags: Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Community conservation, Tourism


Nestor Massembo, 20 years after the Megatransect

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December 23, 2020
Nestor Massembo, 20 years after the Megatransect
Now assigned in Mbeli Bai, Nestor works mainly at monitoring wildlife ©D.NZoulou/WCS Twenty years ago, the legendary expedition across Central Africa known as the “Megatransect” was coming to an end. This large-scale study of the Congo Basin’s forest brought unprecedented international attention to this biodiverse and endangered ecosystem. Among those who took part in this unique adventure, Nestor Massembo, a Ba’Aka tracker, has since then dedicated his life to wi...

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Tags: Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Conservation science, Community conservation


Lessons learnt from the seizure of 30 Congolese dwarf crocodiles

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December 04, 2020
Lessons learnt from the seizure of 30 Congolese dwarf crocodiles
    A released crocodile with the lianas still visible around its mouth (B.Evans/WCS) In late October 2020, 30 Congolese dwarf crocodiles were released into their natural habitat, after having been seized from poachers. This incident highlighted the peculiar trafficking of a poorly known and vulnerable species that is endemic to the Congo Basin. With their legs and mouths bound by lianas, and crammed into bags on the back of two motorbikes, the 30 dwarf crocodiles w...

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Tags: Lac Télé Community Reserve, Bushmeat, Wildlife protection


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