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: 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.
Latest: Bushmeat trade
A survey in Simambondo village, District of Bambama in the Lekoumou region, at the frontier between Congo and Gabon, revealed that about 18 tons of bushmeat were sold and consumed. .
Latest: Meeting with ASUDH
From Monday 4th August to Tuesday 5th August 2008, WCS-Congo Program organized a workshop on conservation issues and on laws regulating wildlife and environment in the Republic of Congo.