Welcome to WCS-Congo
For the past 17 years WCS-Congo has been assisting the Ministry of Forestry Economy (MEF) in managing wildlife and its habitat in national parks, reserves, and buffer zones in the Republic of Congo.
This year, WCS and the Ministry of Forestry have formalized this partnership by signing 5 protocoles. The protected area protocoles include Nouabale Ndoki National Park, Lac Tele Community Reserve, and Conkouati-Douli National Park. These protocoles define the roles of each partner in assuring that the protected areas are managed to international standards.
WCS and MEF have also partnered with the private sector in logging concessions adjacent to Nouabale Ndoki and Odzala-Kokua National Parks in an effort to reduce the impact of exploitation on wildlife.
Latest: Workshop on Forest Elephants and Bais in the Congo Basin
Financed by US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and organized by WCS-Congo, a workshop was held in Brazzaville on ‘‘Forest Elephants and Bais : Developing a Strategy for World Class Research and High Efficiency Conservation at Critical Sites in the Congo Basin.’’
Latest: ArcGis Training 2
The Wildlife Conservation Society Congo Program is promoting training and capacity building as a powerful tool to effectively manage Congo’s protected areas and buffer zones through increased monitoring and protection.
Latest: Big Boost for Great Apes
The world’s population of critically endangered western lowland gorillas has received a huge boost. A new, groundbreaking census released by WCS shows massive numbers of these secretive great apes alive and well in the Republic of Congo.