Project
Preserving the Apes in the Itombwe Nature Reserve
Initiative
Duration
2021 - 2022
Location
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Species protected
Grauer’s Gorilla
Gorilla beringei graueri
Eastern Chimpanzee
Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii
Project objectives
This project aims to increase the capacity of Itombwe Nature Reserve’s eco-guards through intensive training and logistical support for surveillance patrols. It will also aim to set up routine patrols to respond to daily poaching incursions that have become recurrent following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the hopes of ultimately reducing them.
This project is implemented by Itombwe Génération pour l’Humanité.
Threats
Poaching
This project is part of the IUCN Save Our Species African Wildlife initiative, which is co-funded by the European Union.
