WWF projects in the Congo River Basin forests

Region-wide

Modified: Sep 2008 - Started: Jul 2006

Signboard in Gamba with WWF name, signaling the beginning of a protected area where there are elephants. Gabon.

Gamba-Conkouatie Forest Landscape Programme

Building on WWF and its consortium partners’ progress over the past 3 years, CARPE funding over the next 5 years will assist the government of Gabon (... » Read more

Modified: Sep 2008 - Started: Jul 2000

African/Forest elephant hybrid (Loxodonta africana/a. cyclotis) on their trail, Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve, Central African Republic.

African Elephants Programme

WWF has supported elephant conservation since it was first established. However, until now, WWF has not developed a specific continent-wide programme ... » Read more

Modified: Nov 2006 - Started: Jan 2004

Pygmy woman of the BaAka tribe making a basket. Central African Republic and Cameroon.

Poverty Alleviation Programme

The Central Africa Forests and Poverty Alleviation Programme (CAFPAP) is developed within the framework of the Natural Livelihood Resources and Povert... » Read more

Cameroon

Modified: Sep 2008 - Started: Nov 2002

Sustainable Forest Management and Certification

This project covers the work required to prepare a framework for certification of forest products in selected Western and Central African countries. C... » Read more

Modified: Sep 2008 - Started: Jul 2000

African Elephants Programme

WWF has supported elephant conservation since it was first established. However, until now, WWF has not developed a specific continent-wide programme ... » Read more

Modified: May 2008 - Started: Jul 1995

Policy and Strategy Division

This project monitors Cameroon's compliance with its obligations as a Party to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Convention on Interna... » Read more

Central African Republic (CAR)

Modified: Sep 2008 - Started: Jul 2000

African Elephants Programme

WWF has supported elephant conservation since it was first established. However, until now, WWF has not developed a specific continent-wide programme ... » Read more

Modified: Jul 2008 - Started: Jul 1987

Pygmy of the BaAka tribe. Women gatherers with collecting baskets move through the forest. Central African Republic and Cameroon.

Conservation of Tropical Forests

The Dzanga-Sangha project represents the Central African Republic government authority over the Dzanga-Sangha Protected Area complex. This authority ... » Read more

Improving Livelihoods of People Living within the Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve

Congo-Brazzaville

Modified: Sep 2008 - Started: Jul 2006

Gamba-Conkouatie Forest Landscape Programme

Building on WWF and its consortium partners’ progress over the past 3 years, CARPE funding over the next 5 years will assist the government of Gabon (... » Read more

Modified: Sep 2008 - Started: Jul 2000

African Elephants Programme

WWF has supported elephant conservation since it was first established. However, until now, WWF has not developed a specific continent-wide programme ... » Read more

Modified: Nov 2006 - Started: Jan 2004

Poverty Alleviation Programme

The Central Africa Forests and Poverty Alleviation Programme (CAFPAP) is developed within the framework of the Natural Livelihood Resources and Povert... » Read more

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Modified: Sep 2008 - Started: Jan 2005

Miombo woodland. Miombo plant communities are dominated by trees belonging to the family Caesalpiniaceae, and characterized by Brachystegia and Julbernardia species. North Eastern Zambia.

Conservation of the Miombo Ecoregion

The project addresses the nexus involving agriculture, livelihood needs and poverty with varying impacts on the ecosystems such as the Miombo. The ... » Read more

Modified: Sep 2008 - Started: Jul 2000

African Elephants Programme

WWF has supported elephant conservation since it was first established. However, until now, WWF has not developed a specific continent-wide programme ... » Read more

Modified: May 2008 - Started: Jul 2001

Albertine Rift Ecoregion Conservation Programme

The Albertine Rift region straddling along the borders of DRC, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and Tanzania, and stretching over a North-Ssouth distance of 1,... » Read more

Gabon

Modified: Sep 2008 - Started: Jul 2006

Gamba-Conkouatie Forest Landscape Programme

Building on WWF and its consortium partners’ progress over the past 3 years, CARPE funding over the next 5 years will assist the government of Gabon (... » Read more

Modified: Sep 2008 - Started: Aug 1990

Person in charge of the WWF educational programme with students. Gamba Nature Reserve, Gabon.

Conservation of the Gamba Protected Area

The project aims to safeguard the Gamba Protected Area Complex's original and representative ecosystems and maintain biodiversity in harmony with sust... » Read more

Modified: Sep 2008 - Started: Feb 1989

Tropical rain forest. Vegetation on riverbank - moist forest of the Western Congo Basin at the edge of Minkebe Reserve. Gabon.

Minkebe Forest

Since 1997, with funds from DGIS (Netherlands Development Cooperation) and CARPE (USAID), WWF has undertaken the Minkebe Conservation Project together... » Read more