OKAPI WILDLIFE RESERVE, Congo--For eight years, a Chinese mining company has been vastly expanding inside an endangered World Heritage Site, accused by locals and conservationists of decimating ...

The World Health Organization is investigating "another cluster of illness" in northern Congo, as a deadly mystery disease spreads in the region.

West Africa newsperson Sam Mednick uncovered the extent of mining within the contested boundaries of a protected heritage site in eastern Congo. Mednick was tipped off to Chinese companies expanding ...

2024 46COM 7A.46 - General Decision on the World Heritage properties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2024 46COM 7A.49 - Okapi Wildlife Reserve (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (N 718) 2024 ...

expanse of lowland rainforest in the Republic of Congo managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). Camera traps are routinely used for scientific research in parks like Nouabalé-Ndoki ...

The Okapi Wildlife Reserve occupies about one-fifth of the Ituri forest in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Congo river basin, of which the reserve and forest are a part, is ...

15, No. 1 (2017), pp. 59-73 (15 pages) An assessment of local attitudes towards conservation can guide wildlife managers in the effective application of measurements to improve these perceptions. Here ...

Deep in the forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), rangers tasked with ... into a desperate fight to protect endangered wildlife while struggling with dwindling support and ...

The killings occurred in retaliation against staff at the Institute in Congo for the Conservation of Nature for thwarting the rebels’ elephant poaching operations in the region. Two guards, the wife ...

High-definition trail cameras at a park in the Republic of the Congo reveal elusive rainforest animals. A photo shows two African forest elephants. Photo from Will Burrard-Lucas and Wildlife ...