Travel Tale: Brazza and Beyond
A journey through the Congo & CAR. NWS CEO Will Bolsover returns to the Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic.
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Stories & Inspiration
Stories That Define The Republic Of Congo
Dominique Bikaba
Strong Roots is not just the name of Dominique Bikaba’s NGO, which he founded in 2009 and whose work earned him a Whitley Award (also known as the "Green Oscars" of the conservation world) in 2018. Born in Kahuzi-Biega National Park in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, it is to this region – his homeland – that Dominique has dedicated his life’s work.
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Jean Labuschagne
Jean Labuschagne is the Special Projects Manager at African Parks and is based in Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. African Parks has had some very high conservation success rates, particularly in Zakouma National Park, Chad. After suffering from conflict and severe poaching, wildlife populations in Chad declined dramatically, but with the help of African Parks numbers are now consistently growing, and the wildlife within the grounds is protected from poachers.
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Travel Tale: Gorilla Tracking in the Congo Basin
Journalist Tom Downey joins two experts on a quest to meet these great apes, and understand the ongoing research into one of humanity’s closest cousins.
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