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Entries for ' Biodiversity'
March 07, 2025
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.
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June 24, 2024
As a result of a thorough process based on the Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) Standard, Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, which has been under WCS management for over 30 years, has become the first site in the world to be recognized for its ecological integrity – a measure of the region's robust natural processes and resilience against disturbances.
The KBA Standard, published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), sets rigorous criteria for identifying sites th...
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April 10, 2024
A new study reveals compelling evidence that forests certified by the Forest Stewardship Council®(FSC®) in Gabon and the Republic of Congo harbour a higher abundance of larger mammals and critically endangered species, such as gorillas and elephants, compared to non-FSC certified forests. The research was led by Utrecht University with support from WWF and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), and was published in Nature on 10 Apr...
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December 08, 2023
The following statement was issued from the UN Climate Conference, COP28, today by Joe Walston, Executive Vice President of WCS Global at the Wildlife Conservation Society:
“We welcome the launch of the country package partnerships for the Republic of Congo, Papua New Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo and the National Ambition plan for Colombia.
”The Country Packages are an articulation of the governments’ priorities for the protection a...
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January 24, 2023
WCS and partners test bats for zoonotic diseases as part of long-term health monitoring effort
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The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) released an image of scientists taking a swab from a straw-colored fruit bat (Eidolon helvum) to test it for zoonotic diseases such as the Ebola virus.
Through a new partnership with the Congolese Foundation for Medical Research (FCRM), blood samples and naso-oropharyngeal swabs will be safely collected from so...
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October 31, 2022
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is building on its long-standing collaboration with the Republic of the Congo's government to work together to identify key biodiversity areas (KBAs) in a country incredibly rich in biodiversity. The one-year KBAs identification program, launched officially on October 11th, aims to provide the precise location of places that contribute significantly to the global persistence of biodiversity.
KBAs can accelerate efforts to reverse the loss of nature ...
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March 31, 2021
Female putty-nosed monkeys use calls just to recruit males when certain predators are detected
Results suggest that different “dialects” exist among different populations of monkeys
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Researchers with the Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) Congo Program and the Nouabalé-Ndoki Foundation found that female putty-nosed monkeys (Cercopithecus nictitans) use males as “hired guns” to defend from predators ...
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August 11, 2020
Sites in Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Gabon, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea identified
Analysis combines the most important places for biodiversity with areas where forests are still relatively intact
Research will guide conservation efforts to focus on these places, and help forest management, infrastructure, and other land-use planning to avoid impacting biodiversity
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A study by WCS and partners produced new analyses to pinpoint the most ...
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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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April 16, 2015
Two primatologists working in the forests of the Republic of Congo have returned from the field with a noteworthy prize: the first-ever photograph of the Bouvier’s red colobus monkey, a rare primate not seen for more than half a century and suspected to be extinct by some, according to WCS (the Wildlife Conservation Society).
The elusive primate was recently photographed by independent researchers Lieven Devreese and Gaël Elie Gnondo Gobolo within Ntokou-Pikounda National Park, a 4,572-...
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