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To Understand Future Habitat Needs for Chimpanzees, Look to the Past

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August 23, 2021
To Understand Future Habitat Needs for Chimpanzees, Look to the Past
  New study examines where chimpanzees found refuge from climate instability during the past 120,000 years Findings help predict how to mitigate against predicted biodiversity from climate change A new study provides insight into where chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) avoided climate instability during glacial and interglacial periods in Africa over the past 120,000 years. Using bioclimatic variables and other data, the study identified previously unknown swaths of habitat, r...

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Tags: Climate, Forest, Chimpanzees


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


"Congolese women think they don't belong in the forest. But we do!"

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August 18, 2021
"Congolese women think they don't belong in the forest. But we do!"
For some reason, Esther has always dreamed of working in the forest. Despite the predominance of men in this field, she made a place for herself as a research assistant in the heart of the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, and showed that research is open to all. “I don’t know why I always wanted to be in the forest,” says Esther Nkoussou, shrugging her shoulders as she packs to get ready to go gorilla-tracking, deep in the Congo Basin forest. For a year now, Esther has been ...

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Tags: Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Conservation science, Social safeguard


Stories and history of Mondika

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August 10, 2021
Stories and history of Mondika
Diane Doran-Sheehy looking through binoculars, 1998 ©Natashah Shah At the edge of Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, in a truly remote part of the northern Congo rainforest, the last 25 years have seen the Mondika research site evolve from a modest forest camp, into one of the world’s most important centres for studies on the western lowland gorilla, thanks to the dedication of a long line of incredible people. This is the history of the site, in their words. It all started with &ldq...

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Tags: Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, gorillas, Conservation science


African great apes predicted to suffer massive range declines in the next 30 years, with the greatest loss in unprotected areas

Science publication

June 07, 2021
African great apes predicted to suffer massive range declines in the next 30 years, with the greatest loss in unprotected areas
Read the study   A new study published in the journal Diversity and Distributions predicts massive range declines of Africa’s great apes – gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos – due to the impacts of climate change, land-use changes and human population growth. For their analysis, the authors compiled information on African ape occurrence held in the IUCN SSC A.P.E.S. database, a repository that includes a remarkable amount of information on population stat...

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Tags: gorillas, Conservation science, Protected areas, Chimpanzees


In Memoriam to Marcel Ngangoue – A Defender of the Rights of Wildlife A Tribute by Richard Malonga, WCS Congo Director

Press release

May 19, 2021
In Memoriam to Marcel Ngangoue – A Defender of the Rights of Wildlife A Tribute by Richard Malonga, WCS Congo Director
It is with a heavy heart I report the death of our Nouabalé Ndoki Park Warden, Marcel Ngangoue, who passed away on May 16th in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, after a short illness. Who was Marcel? After graduating as a technician in forestry, Marcel first worked for the Ministry of Water and Forests in the Likouala region of the Congo as a controller of logging concessions between 1991-1997. During this period, Marcel was more interested in working with logging companies than being a wi...

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Tags: Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Celebration, Wildlife protection


Study: Female Monkeys Use Males as “Hired Guns” for Defense Against Predators

Science publication

March 31, 2021
Study: Female Monkeys Use Males as “Hired Guns” for Defense Against Predators
  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 Images captions, and audio files   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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Tags: Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Conservation science, Biodiversity


New Endangered and Critically Endangered status for African elephants

Press release

March 25, 2021
New Endangered and Critically Endangered status for African elephants
The overall declining trend of both African elephant species calls for increased support by donors, governments of the elephant range states, and the international community to ensure that elephant populations start to stabilize and even begin a route to recovery. The African savannah elephant and the forest elephant have now been classified as Endangered and Critically Endangered in the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. This comes after a recent decision by the African Elephant Speciali...

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Tags: Conservation science, Forest elephants, Wildlife protection


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


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