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Entries for ' Forest elephants'
February 25, 2025
The thick canopy of the Congo rainforest and its luscious vegetation is a safe haven for a unique biodiversity—including rarely-seen wildlife, like the African Golden Cat, captured for the first time in high-definition in their natural environment in Congo.
See photos with captions HERE
Emma Stokes, WCS Vice President, Field Conservation, long deployed in Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park: “Tropical rainforests don't give up their secrets easily. You can spend years walking thro...
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January 31, 2024
Watch the Parks 30th Anniversary Video
The 30th Anniversary of Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park commemorates conservation achievements, despite increasing pressures. On this occasion, the Park ramps up tourism-oriented efforts with the unveiling of its new official website – https://ndoki.org – and marks this celebration with a special video.
Republic of Congo’s Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park commemorates 30 years of conservation, science...
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August 24, 2020
Poacher “Guyvanho,” is the first wildlife trafficker convicted in the Criminal Court in the Republic of Congo,
Previously all environmental crimes were tried in the civil courts where the maximum penalty under the wildlife law was 5 years
Guyvanho was convicted of attempted murder of Park rangers and trafficking elephant ivory among other charges following a 3-year investigation
WCS says Guyvanho likely responsible for killing hundreds of elephants since 2008
Conviction will ...
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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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February 23, 2018
Three poachers responsible for slaughtering eleven elephants in and around Nouabale-Ndoki National Park in January were convicted to five years’ imprisonment by the local district court last week, according to WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society). The poachers, who had ventured deep into the remote Ndoki forest and spent three weeks killing elephants for their ivory, walked into an ambush setup by park rangers as they exited the forest on February 2nd. Three of the six poachers were apprehe...
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June 02, 2017
Northern Congo’s notorious elephant poacher and ivory trafficker Daring Dissaka, 39, has been convicted and sentenced to five years imprisonment. Connected to international ivory networks, Dissaka’s imprisonment represents another significant step forward for the Republic of Congo’s justice system and forest elephant conservation in Central Africa.
A group of investigators and legal experts, who make up the Wildlife Crime Unit (WCU) employed by the Nouabale-Ndoki National Pa...
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December 20, 2016
An integrated approach with on-the-ground patrols coupled with intelligence-driven operations are effectively taking down the patrons of elephant poaching and dismantling the criminal syndicates.
This summer, wildlife rangers from the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, a protected area managed by WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society), arrested more than 30 poachers; seized over 100 kilograms of ivory; and detained six semi-automatic weapons around the limits of the park. This includes the arrest and...
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May 12, 2016
Elephants – the “forest gardeners”- learn from their mothers how to find food, understand their complex forest home, and interact with other elephants.
Scientists warn that killing of the oldest, wisest females – the guardians of their community’s forest and social knowledge- could cause cascading effects on ecosystem integrity
Scientists working for the Wildlife Conservation Society, the University of Stirling, and the Amboseli Trust for Elephan...
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January 19, 2016
New Book on How to Save Forest Elephants Published as Extinction Crisis Deepens
First comprehensive work on how to study the biology, behavior, and ecology of Africa’s lesser known elephant
Authors hope new book will promote more research and conservation for forest elephants across Central Africa
Link to Purchase Book (text on the purchase page is in German--the book is written in English):
http://www.reaev.de/shop/schreibtisch-buecher-bilder--multimedia/buecher/elefanten...
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January 13, 2016
The Republic of the Congo has confirmed that it will join the Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI), the African-led conservation programme to eradicate the ivory trade and stop the continued slaughter of the continent’s elephants by poachers.
The commitment was announced by the Congo delegation at the 66th Standing Committee meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Geneva yesterday.
Roger Mbete, Congo's Direct...
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