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Entries for 'Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park'
November 20, 2019
Award is given by Alibaba Foundation and Paradise International Foundation
WCS rangers working in Cameroon, Nigeria and the Republic of Congo are honored
Rangers from 17 African nations awarded
Three WCS rangers have won the African Ranger Award, which recognizes and supports the achievements and efforts of rangers working to combat the precipitous decline of Africa's wildlife species due to poaching, habitat loss, and the illegal wildlife trade.
The WCS reci...
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August 12, 2019
For more than 25 years, scientists have been monitoring, studying and observing Mbeli bai’s wildlife in the Nouabalé-Ndoki national park. The Mbeli study is named after the bai , or clearing, where the research is conducted. Forest elephants, a still little known and often overlooked sub-species, are frequently observed in this unique landscape. The Mbeli study has contributed essential knowledge to the development of improved elephant conservation strategies that better ...
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June 19, 2019
The Nouabalé-Ndoki Park, formed between WCS, the government of the Republic of Congo, and the local communities, is arguably the most advanced and demonstrably successful conservation models of its kind in Africa
Park is managed by Nouabalé-Ndoki Foundation – a partnership between WCS and Congo Government
Nouabale-Ndoki continues its long record of safeguarding wildlife – recent surveys show stable elephant and great ape numbers
Park’s intact forests help buffer against c...
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June 14, 2018
Father of 20; "Kingo" is described by researchers as doting father, fierce defender of family.
He’s a father of 20 from nine different mothers. He’s a fierce defender of his family and helped nurse two of his offspring back from leopard attacks. He likes to nap with his feet in the air, and he hums while he eats.
Meet Kingo, a wild silverback gorilla who is celebrating his 40th birthday.
WCS Congo Program researchers wrote a touching tribute to Kingo...
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March 09, 2018
Video taken in Republic of Congo’s Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park
Well-known gorilla silverback Kingo is the proud father
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Conservationists from the WCS Congo Program have captured incredible video of a western lowland gorilla newborn living in the rainforests of Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park. The infant was barely a week old when the footage was shot last month, according to the WCS scientists who managed to capture the footage.
For a short...
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November 14, 2017
Rescued parrots are being treated by team from WCS Global Conservation Program and Bronx Zoo
WCS constructed a facility to care for parrots
Bronx zoo veterinarians and bird department staff are supporting care for the confiscated birds
Hundreds of parrots have been released back into the wild, but many have succumbed to disease or injuries sustained during capture by traffickers
Scientists estimate up to 20 parrots die for every parrot that makes it into the pet trade
WCS partners and ...
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July 02, 2012
Wildlife rarely respect international borders, particularly when those boundaries cut right through their forest homes. So a new World Heritage Site that spans a swath of three nations in Central Africa will give gorillas, elephants, and chimps a veritable pass as they roam along the Sangha River, between the Republic of Congo, Cameroon, and the Central African Republic. The diverse ecosystems of this region will be preserved within the Sangha Tri-National Protected Area (TNS), now a World Herit...
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June 07, 2012
The loss of 5,000 forest elephants to poachers in northern Republic of Congo over the past five years makes protected areas for Africa’s dwindling wildlife more important than ever, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society.
Conservationists recommend that guard strength in northern Congo’s Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, where elephant numbers have remained stable, should be doubled immediately to protect the park’s estimated 2,300 individuals. In addition, protection sh...
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May 01, 2012
Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but even for gorillas, some traits stand out. A new study conducted in the rainforests of the Republic or Congo shows that female western lowland gorillas seek out bigger mates to father their offspring.
Conservationists with WCS and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology spent 12 years studying gorilla mating choices in Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park. Their findings illuminate an important factor in the evolution of great...
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February 16, 2012
The Republic of Congo has formally expanded Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park to protect an increasingly rare treasure: one of Africa’s most pristine forests and a population of “naive” chimpanzees with so little exposure to humans that the curious apes investigate the conservationists who study them rather than run away.
Known as the Goualougo Triangle, the 100-plus square-mile dense swamp forest and its unique great ape population was first reported in 1989 by WCS conservationi...
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