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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


Rare Giant Pangolin Seized from Poachers Rescued and Released by WCS and Partners in Congo

Press release

March 03, 2020
Rare Giant Pangolin Seized from Poachers Rescued and Released by WCS and Partners in Congo
A giant pangolin (Smutsia gigantea) that was seized from poachers in Northern Congo has been successfully rescued and returned to the wild by WCS staff and partners. The photos included (see link above) show the pangolin in the basket used for transport during the rescue operation; rehydrating in the room at the WCS facility where it spent one night; and the animals as it is released into the wild.   Pangolins are among the most commonly trafficked animals in the world and W...

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Tags: Wildlife protection, Counter Wildlife Trafficking, Pangolins


Rare giant pangolin rescue in Congo

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February 15, 2020
Rare giant pangolin rescue in Congo
  A giant pangolin, the world’s most trafficked scaled mammal, was rescued and later cared for by our teams. Thanks to the collaboration between experienced pangolins carers from our Wildlife Health program teams in Congo, the Tikki Hywood Foundation and the Sangha Pangolin Project in Central African Republic, this species highly sensitive to stress, and generally dying a few hours or days from capture, was for once successfully reintroduced in the Nouabale-Ndoki National Park...

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Tags: One Health, Counter Wildlife Trafficking, Pangolins


Meet Marcel Ngangoue, winner of the African Ranger Award

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December 12, 2019
Meet Marcel Ngangoue, winner of the African Ranger Award
  Marcel Ngangoue won the African Ranger Award 2019, which recognizes and supports the achievements and efforts of rangers working to combat the precipitous decline of Africa’s wildlife species due to poaching, habitat loss, and the illegal wildlife trade. Marcel got his start at NNNP as deputy to the Park warden at the time,, and then as the first anti-poaching leader for the Project for the Management of Ecosystems in the Periphery of the NNNP (PROGEPP), starting in ...

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


Three WCS Rangers Win “African Ranger Award”

Press release

November 20, 2019
Three WCS Rangers Win “African Ranger Award”
Award is given by Alibaba Foundation and Paradise International Foundation WCS rangers working in Cameroon, Nigeria and the Republic of Congo are honored Rangers from 17 African nations awarded  Three WCS rangers have won the African Ranger Award, which recognizes and supports the achievements and efforts of rangers working to combat the precipitous decline of Africa's wildlife species due to poaching, habitat loss, and the illegal wildlife trade. The WCS reci...

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


Largest study ever in Western Equatorial Africa shows gorillas in deep trouble

Science publication

September 24, 2019
Largest study ever in Western Equatorial Africa shows gorillas in deep trouble
In 2018, scientists from ten different organizations assembled the largest survey dataset ever on western lowland gorillas and central chimpanzees. We collated the information on great apes nests from 59 sites in five countries surveyed over 11 years between 2003 and 2013. https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/4/eaar2964.full The study indicated that although there were more gorillas than previously published, they were in deep trouble- declining by a shocking 2.7% every year. On t...

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Tags: Conservation science, Protected areas, Gorillas


Scientific research, an essential tool for the conservation of forest elephants

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August 12, 2019
Scientific research, an essential tool for the conservation of forest elephants
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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Tags: Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Conservation science, Forest elephants


Study Documents Impacts of Selective Logging and Associated Disturbance on Intact Forest Landscapes and Wildlife of Northern Congo

Science publication

July 15, 2019
Study Documents Impacts of Selective Logging and Associated Disturbance on Intact Forest Landscapes and Wildlife of Northern Congo
  Researchers find clear links between logging road incursion into Intact Forest Landscapes and elephant poaching A new study says that the tropical forests of Western Equatorial Africa (WEA) – which include significant stands of Intact Forest Landscapes (IFLs) – are increasingly coming under pressure from logging, poaching, and associated disturbances. The tropical forests of WEA are comprised of significant stands of IFLs, which are forest and associated mos...

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Tags: Forest, Protected areas, Wildlife protection


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


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