Projet

USFWS-AFR1421

PROJET

Nom du projet/programme

Improving ICCN law enforcement capacity though integrated law enforcement and prosecution interventions in Kahuzi-Biega National Park, DRC.

Objectif général

To support a conservation efforts in Kahuzi Biega National Park (KBNP), located in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), by supporting law enforcement efforts. It conserves the most important site for the conservation of the endemic Grauer’s gorilla (Gorilla gorilla graueri) and other endangered species including elephants, eastern chimpanzees and many others that are endemic to the Albertine Rift by addressing the impacts of unmitigated poaching, deforestation, and illegal extraction of resources, including mining, hunting, logging, charcoal production, agriculture, and grazing that pose major threats to the survival of the wildlife of KBNP.

Financement

110 753 €

Bailleurs

USFWS (Fish and Wildlife Service des États-Unis )

Leaders

WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society)