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The Republic of the Congo Announces the Creation of the Country's First Marine Protected Areas

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August 31, 2022
The Republic of the Congo Announces the Creation of the Country's First Marine Protected Areas
Hi res images and maps The Congo Government, with the support of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and other organizations, officially announces the creation of the country’s first three Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), protecting marine resources and coastal habitats across more than 4,000 square kilometers (1,544 square miles) and representing 12.01 percent of Congo’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).  The area includes globally important nesting grounds for leatherback...

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Tags: Protected areas, Congo Marine, Social safeguard


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

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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


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

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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


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