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One such species, the Foa’s red colobus monkey, has recently been spotted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) ...
Bandana by Roger Peet to promote conservation and wildlife identification in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Click to enlarge. American artist, Roger Peet—a member of the art ...
Beni, DR Congo: A ranger at a DR Congo wildlife reserve was killed and a second wounded when their team came under attack near an illegal mine, the park said on Thursday. The incident happened on ...
Armed men attacked a group of journalists and park rangers in a remote east Congo wildlife reserve overnight, and an American journalist and two guards were missing, a local official said on ...
Pangolin kidnapped and held to ransom in Congo amid fears of ‘new trend’ in wildlife crime ‘If we pay them, then we are doomed,’ say conservationists Emily Atkinson ...
KINSHASA, Congo — Wildlife officials in volatile eastern Congo said eight people were killed in an attack on rangers working at the national park. Virunga National Park director Emmanuel de ...
The U.S.-based wildlife group had been managing Conkouati National Park, Congo's most ecologically-diverse protected land space, since 2000 until this August when it withdrew from the park after ...
Mondika, Republic of Congo – Over the past 60 years, illegal hunting and logging have been the main causes of an estimated 80 percent reduction in the numbers of chimpanzees and gorillas in the ...
Donors at a Unesco conference in Paris have just pledged $40m to protect DR Congo's natural heritage, but for conservationists on the ground the parks remain a battle ground. In Virunga Park, rangers ...