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Congolese Minister of Forest Economy and WCS Formally Launch Pilot High Integrity Forest Investment Initiative (HIFOR) Project

Press release

September 05, 2024
Congolese Minister of Forest Economy and WCS Formally Launch Pilot High Integrity Forest Investment Initiative (HIFOR) Project
To help finance the protection of the world’s remaining high integrity forests, Congo’s Minister of Forest Economy and WCS have launched on August 30 Africa’s first HIFOR project in Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park. HIFOR (the High Integrity Forest Investment Initiative) was created by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) to address the lack of market-based finance for tropical forests that retain high ecological integrity. Largely free from degradation, these forests pr...

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Tags: Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Climate, Policy & partnership, Sustainable finance, Forest


Pioneering Public-Private Collaboration Celebrates 25 Years of Biodiversity Conservation in the Republic of Congo

Press release

August 05, 2024
Pioneering Public-Private Collaboration Celebrates 25 Years of Biodiversity Conservation in the Republic of Congo
An innovative public-private collaboration, the Peripheral Ecosystem Management Project (PROGEPP), is celebrating 25 years of protecting gorillas, elephants, and other wildlife and for empowering local communities.  Established in 1999, PROGEPP is a unique collaboration between the Ministry of Forest Economy, Olam Agri’s Wood Business - Congolaise Industrielle de Bois (CIB), and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which aims to work with communities for sustainable u...

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Tags: Policy & partnership, Periphery, Celebration


New Study Confirms FSC-Certified Forests Help Wildlife Thrive in the Congo Basin

Science publication

April 10, 2024
New Study Confirms FSC-Certified Forests Help Wildlife Thrive in the Congo Basin
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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Tags: Conservation science, Policy & partnership, Biodiversity


At COP28: WCS and Republic of Congo Sign MoU on Implementation Of a High-Integrity Forest Investment Initiative in Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park

Press release

December 04, 2023
At COP28: WCS and Republic of Congo Sign MoU on Implementation Of a High-Integrity Forest Investment Initiative in Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park
Recognizing the importance of ecological integrity to biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services, including climate regulation, the Government of the Republic of Congo, represented by the Ministry of Forest Economy, and WCS have initiated a new program to attract investment in the conservation of high-integrity tropical forests. This joint commitment to developing pilot investment projects in high-integrity forests is demonstrated by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on the i...

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Tags: Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Policy & partnership, Sustainable finance


Nouabalé-Ndoki Becomes First Certified Gorilla Friendly (TM) National Park

Press release

September 27, 2023
Nouabalé-Ndoki Becomes First Certified Gorilla Friendly (TM) National Park
Dropbox for hi-res photos and videos   Republic of Congo’s Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park is proud to have received a global conservation Gorilla FriendlyTM certification, which guarantees the application of best practices in all gorilla-related operations, from tourism to research, to safeguard the wellbeing of the primates and ensure active support for and from the park’s neighboring communities. The Gorilla FriendlyTM certification is a program of Wildli...

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Tags: Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, gorillas, Policy & partnership


Partnership Renewed with WCS, Republic of Congo, and Forestry Company to Protect Wildlife and Biodiversity

Press release

August 19, 2021
Partnership Renewed with WCS, Republic of Congo, and Forestry Company to Protect Wildlife and Biodiversity
Olam International’s subsidiary Congolaise Industrielle des Bois (CIB), the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the Ministry of Forest Economy (MEF) of the Republic of Congo (ROC) have renewed their partnership agreement to protect wildlife around Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park in northern ROC. The national park is part of a Trinational UNESCO World Heritage site recognized for the importance of its animal and plant biodiversity. The renewed agreement was signed on 8th August 2021 in ...

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Tags: Policy & partnership, Periphery, Private sector engagement


Nouabale Ndoki National Park Celebrates its 25th Anniversary

Press release

June 19, 2019
Nouabale Ndoki National Park Celebrates its 25th Anniversary
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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Tags: Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Policy & partnership, Celebration, Biodiversity


Creation of Ogoué-Leketi National Park

Press release

November 09, 2018
Creation of Ogoué-Leketi National Park
On the 9th of November 2018 Her Excellency Rosalie Matondo, the Republic of Congo’s Minister of Forestry Economy, the US Ambassador, Todd Haskell, the Mission Director to USAID/DRC, Paul Sabatine, the Director of the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Congo program, and local authorities, gathered in Sibiti in the Lekoumou Department to create, by official decree, Congo’s fifth national park - the Ogooué-Leketi National Park. A new protected area has been created in the Re...

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Tags: Policy & partnership, Protected areas, Social Safeguards


CITES CoP17: WCS Congratulates CITES Parties for Extending Protections to the African Grey Parrot

Press release

October 02, 2016
CITES CoP17: WCS Congratulates CITES Parties for Extending Protections to the African Grey Parrot
  African Grey Parrot Is Placed on CITES Appendix I “If this bird could talk – and it certainly can – the African grey parrot would say thank you..” Sue Lieberman, WCS VP of International Policy VIDEO: WCS Susan Lieberman intervening on behalf of the African grey parrot at CITES CoP17 Oct. 2, 2016: https://vimeo.com/185196804/settings CITES African Grey Parrot proposal WCS position on African greys (pg. 14) The following statement was rele...

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Tags: Policy & partnership, Counter Wildlife Trafficking, Grey parrots