Project History
In early 1998 WCS proposed a plan to the Ministry of Forestry Economy and the Environment (MEFE) that would create a buffer zone around the park. The plan was rejected by the Government in favor of the development of a project that would co-manage the forestry concessions surrounding the park for wildlife.
While details of a formal agreement linking the project partners were being negotiated, WCS initiated pilot activities in the Kabo and northern Pokola concessions from 1998 to 1999. On June 2, 1999, MEFE, WCS and CIB signed an agreement launching the project in the Kabo, Pokola, Toukoulaka, andLoundougou forestry concessions. By so doing, wildlife management was essentially extended over 1,300,000 ha. of tropical lowland forest.