Surveys confirm critical importance of Salonga National Park
Between 2015 and 2018, a group of conservation and research institutions surveyed the 36,000 km2 vast Salonga National Park (SNP), Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The surveys were performed by ICCN (Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature), Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU), Max Planck Institute for Evolu-tionary Anthropology, Leipzig (MPI EVAN), Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Zoological Society of Milwaukee (ZSM). Despite finding high levels of poaching throughout the park, the surveys confirm Salonga as the DRC’s stronghold for bonobos and forest elephants. Read more
World wetlands Day : WWF calls on stakeholders
The frequency of disasters worldwide has more than doubled in just 35 years, and 90% of these disasters are water-related. Even more extreme weather is predicted going forward.
WWF called on Individuals, communities and governments to work together to protect these amazing ecosystems, which help us prepare for, cope with and bounce back from the impacts of climate change. Read more
WWF supports operationalization of the DRC National Forest Advisory Council
WWF technically and financially supported the Ministry of the Environment and Sus-tainable Development in organizing the launching workshop of the National Consultative Forest Advisory (NFAC) Operationalization Process from Thursday 21st to Friday 22nd February at the Center of study for social action (CEPAS in Kinshasa / Gombe).
A first workshop in November 2018 helped lay the foundations for effective operation-alization by collecting opinions and proposals of the stakeholders in the provinces. Read more
Salonga National Park Management Unit supports refurbishment of the Bokele School
The 2017-2018 school year was coming to an end and it was becoming evident that Bokele Elementary School could not have its roof redone anytime soon. Whenever the rain threatened to fall, classes had to be interrupted and students were sent home. Workers had started to rehabilitate the school buildings only a few months earlier, but had to stop suddenly because they ran out of money, explains Victorine Bonyenga, director of the school. Read more
Scouting and WWF strengthen collaboration to empower Africa’s young people
The African regions of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM Africa) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF Africa) are strengthening their collaboration to stimulate and empower young people to become stewards of the environment and promoters of sustainable development practices in their local communities across Africa.
Through a Memorandum of Understanding signed on 23 February 2019 at the Scout Founder’s Day celebrations in Nyeri, Kenya the two organizations are building on a global partnership signed in March 2018 to advance sustainable development education and action among young Africans. Read more
