Project History
In 1991 the Government of Congo, with several international partners, launched a bold effort to create and manage the first post-colonial, and only the second, National Park in the Republic of Congo. The Wildlife Conservation Society has collaborated with the Government in this effort in the Nouabalé-Ndoki forest since 1991.
Several large international projects were initiated to help in this effort. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded Congo Forest Conservation Project (CFC) lasted six years from 1991-1997. The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Congo Protected Areas Project ran for almost six years from 1994-1999. The Gesellschaft fur technische Zusammearbeit (GTZ) Nouabalé Ndoki Peripheral Zone Project lasted from 1993-1997. More recently the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park has benefited from the USAID CARPE initiative, receiving funding during the first phase of the initiative as well as benefiting as a partner in the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) launched in 2003. Many of the conservation activities conducted within the National Park have also been funded by the USFWS Forest Elephant and Great Ape Conservation Funds.