Description: Founded with the aim of preserving wildlife in the Congo Basin, we study the apes, the ecosystems, & the forces that threaten their survival.
CONGO-APES features the Goualougo and Mondika field sites which are the world's longest-running studies of chimpanzees and gorillas in the Congo Basin. We are a team of conservation-focused scientists, forest guides and collaborators working together to conduct field research that illuminates understanding and inspires greater stewardship of the Congo's unique wildlife and ecosystems.
We work in Republic of Congo, a country that harbors 33% of Western Equatorial Africa’s closed canopy forest and the majority of remaining critically endangered western lowland gorillas and central chimpanzees. With approximately a quarter of the Congo Basin forests allocated to logging and both species of ape in decline, we place great emphasis on identifying risks and solutions.
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