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  • We engage in ongoing dialogue with Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, who are primary stakeholders in the conservation of the wildlife surrounding them. 

    Photo credit : Brent Stirton
  • The Republic of Congo is home to nearly 20% of the world's forest elephants, which play a major role in their ecosystem and its ability to store carbon, thereby mitigating the effects of climate change. Their conservation is a global issue. 

    Photo credit : Kyle de Nobrega
  • Since the 1990s, WCS Congo has placed a strong emphasis on educating and raising awareness among conservation stakeholders to create a collective consciousness of the need to preserve ecosystems. 

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  • Science guides our actions, informs our strategies, and allows us to measure the impact of our conservation efforts, optimize them, and gain a deeper understanding of these ecosystems and their role on a global scale. 

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  • We welcome researchers, experts, and consultants from around the world to work alongside our staff and strengthen local and national capacities. The Congo program has trained more than 80 Congolese researchers, a dozen of whom have earned master's or doctoral degrees in European, American, and African universities. 

    Photo credit : Kyle de Nobrega
  • WCS is the leader in zoonosis research in Congo, with a surveillance system for Ebola, Mpox, and anthrax epidemics covering a large part of the country, raising awareness in hundreds of villages to promote best practices when an animal is found dead in the forest. 

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  • In northern Congo, standardized training, intelligence and data collection, and improved communication tools are helping eco-guards to better prevent and deter poaching. 

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  • Hundreds of firearms and tens of thousands of metal traps have been seized in northern Congo, where poaching of protected species and overhunting of game are endangering entire ecosystems and the communities that depend on them. 

    Photo credit : Brent Stirton
  • The positive effects of conservation are reflected in increased access to clean water, education, and healthcare in remote areas of Congo, such as Bomassa, which has a health clinic and pharmacy managed by the Village Development Fund. 

    Photo credit : Scott Ramsay