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Hippopotamus census: finding a balance between communities and conservation

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May 13, 2025
Hippopotamus census: finding a balance between communities and conservation
The Lac Télé Community Reserve Research Team conducted a hippopotamus census in the southern part of the Reserve. Efforts were concentrated around Likonda, Moungouma Moke, and Ebambe, the latter two being on the outskirts of the Reserve, where most of the observations were made. The study focused on the number of individuals observed, their geolocation, behavior, the presence of tracks, and environmental conditions (water level, weather). A total of twelve hippos were counted. Although t...

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Tags: Conservation science, Community conservation, Lac Télé Community Reserve


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


Special Issue of African Journal of Ecology Dedicated to Wild Meat Trade That is Rapidly Emptying Africa’s Forests of Wildlife

Science publication

March 29, 2022
Special Issue of African Journal of Ecology Dedicated to Wild Meat Trade That is Rapidly Emptying Africa’s Forests of Wildlife
  Issue features more than a dozen studies looking at the conservation and socio-economic aspects of wild meat trade in Central Africa WCS studies examine urban restaurants, governance, behavior change, and other aspects of trade and consumption Link to images, captions, and copies of individual studies A special issue of the African Journal of Ecology is dedicated to the wild meat trade that is rapidly emptying Africa’s forests of its wildlife. The issue con...

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Tags: Bushmeat, One Health, Community conservation


Community-Run African Reserve that Stores Almost a Billion Tons of Carbon Quietly Celebrates its 20th Anniversary

Press release

October 28, 2021
Community-Run African Reserve that Stores Almost a Billion Tons of Carbon Quietly Celebrates its 20th Anniversary
As the world’s climate leaders gather in Glasgow for the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (CoP26), a little-known Community Reserve in the Republic of Congo – that stores almost a billion tons of carbon – quietly celebrates its 20th anniversary this month. The Lac Télé Community Reserve (LTCR), the only Community Reserve in Congo, protects the natural heritage of this exceptional place by the people who live there. The Wildlife ...

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Tags: Climate, Celebration, Lac Télé Community Reserve, Community conservation


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


Notes from the Field: Floods in Congo’s Peat Forests

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June 24, 2020
Notes from the Field: Floods in Congo’s Peat Forests
People had no choice but to abandon gumboots and moved on to a Venetian style water-taxi service. From the air, the forest in Northern Congo looks like a vast, green carpet, broken only by tree falls and glimpses of streams. At this time of year, if you were to plunge beneath the canopy, you’d be faced with a bizarre mirror-world, with still black water reflecting the forest above and below. In the Congo’s north-eastern forests, rains fall onto deep layers of peat, sitting in a de...

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


Ecotourism to Bring Post COVID-19 hope for Wildlife and Communities in Northern Congo

Press release

June 11, 2020
Ecotourism to Bring Post COVID-19 hope for Wildlife and Communities in Northern Congo
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of the Congo (RoC) and in partnership with the Congo Conservation Company (CCC) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), announce a four-year program with the intent to develop ecotourism in Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park in northern Congo-Brazzaville. Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park is one of the most remote, biologically intact forest landscapes left on the planet. Covering 40...

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Tags: Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Sustainable finance, Community conservation, Private sector engagement, Tourism


Zoonotic viruses: preventing epidemics by monitoring wildlife mortality

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May 22, 2020
Zoonotic viruses: preventing epidemics by monitoring wildlife mortality
Collecting samples from a carcass around Mondika. For over 14 years, the Wildlife Health Programme (WHP) implemented by WCS in partnership with the National Laboratory of the Congolese Ministry of Health, has been working to monitor wildlife mortality and minimize the risks of disease transmission to communities. The project raises awareness among communities in northern Congo and has set up an early warning system for unexplained wildlife deaths that covers more than 30,000 km2. ...

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Tags: One Health, Community conservation