Western Lowland Gorilla

Cross border management

In an effort to improve cross border management of protected areas of the Congo Basin, Gabon and The Republic of Congo are working together in the Gamba-Conkouatie Forest Landscape area. This includes the Gamba complex of protected areas and the Conkouati-Douli National Park in the Republic of Congo, which are home to elephants, western lowland gorillas, chimpanzees, hippos and many other species. The main threats to the landscape’s biodiversity are unsustainable logging practices, commercial hunting and fishing, and
oil exploration and production activities.

Pygmy village at the edge of the forest Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve, Central African Republic.
© Meg GAWLER / WWF-Canon

WWF and its partners are working to establish and maintain viable networks of protected areas, wetlands and coastal areas, community lands, and ecologically and socially well-managed logging and mining concessions.

Dzanga-Sangha Protected Areas

Created in 1990, the landscape known as the "Dzanga-Sangha Protected Areas" is in the south-western region of the Central African Republic (CAR), and the northern edge of the Congo basin forest. The area is well known for its impressive biodiversity and is the biggest intact forest remaining in the country.

WWF’s long-term goals for Dzanga-Sangha Protected Areas are to protect the forest ecosystem and to promote sustainable development in the region. Tourism is very important to Dzanga-Sangha and 50 percent of the revenues from park entry fees go toward park management, 10 percent goes to a governmental foundation to develop forestry and tourism in the country and 40 percent goes to the local community to promote rural development projects based on the sustainable use of natural resources.