Comments on: Can Congo’s Forest Support Pygmy Hunter-Gathers? http://www.bonoboincongo.com/2010/01/19/can-congo%e2%80%99s-forest-support-pygmy-hunter-gathers/ Field notes from Dr Terese Hart Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:47:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Daniel http://www.bonoboincongo.com/2010/01/19/can-congo%e2%80%99s-forest-support-pygmy-hunter-gathers/comment-page-1/#comment-1527 Daniel Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:18:15 +0000 http://www.bonoboincongo.com/?p=1451#comment-1527 Very interested with the info. for the Mbuji peope in the Congo forest. I was raised in Africa and i really miss it. Great job for this reseach! Very interested with the info. for the Mbuji peope in the Congo forest. I was raised in Africa and i really miss it. Great job for this reseach!

]]> By: Jamie Kemsey http://www.bonoboincongo.com/2010/01/19/can-congo%e2%80%99s-forest-support-pygmy-hunter-gathers/comment-page-1/#comment-1369 Jamie Kemsey Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:27:23 +0000 http://www.bonoboincongo.com/?p=1451#comment-1369 Fascinating stuff, as always, and great historical pictures. I am honored to have worked for you, even if it was very very brief, and you and John are the most dedicated conservation professionals I am sure I'll ever meet. I have learned so much from you. I'll continue to read your great blogs. Good to see John again in Goma, and good luck with funding and expansion of the project! Fascinating stuff, as always, and great historical pictures. I am honored to have worked for you, even if it was very very brief, and you and John are the most dedicated conservation professionals I am sure I’ll ever meet. I have learned so much from you. I’ll continue to read your great blogs. Good to see John again in Goma, and good luck with funding and expansion of the project!

]]> By: Terese Hart http://www.bonoboincongo.com/2010/01/19/can-congo%e2%80%99s-forest-support-pygmy-hunter-gathers/comment-page-1/#comment-1359 Terese Hart Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:26:00 +0000 http://www.bonoboincongo.com/?p=1451#comment-1359 The first big pulse of elephant killing in DRCongo happened in the 19th century. So not all that long ago as far as tree life cycles are concerned. Nor was the early slaughter even throughout congo. In forests like Salonga National Park that lost its large elephant population after 1960 there are still clear elephant "boulevards" or paths and openings that were visited by many elephants seeking minerals. Within the forests, however, elephant foraging parties are smaller than on the savanna. They might maintain treefalls longer and certainly maintain some clearings, but even where elephant populations are "high" there is closed evergreen forest. The ituri forest where our study in the 80s was done had one of the best surviving forest elephant populations. It is now a reserve. Since that time half its population of elephants was killed during the conflict period of the 1990s and early 2000s. The first big pulse of elephant killing in DRCongo happened in the 19th century. So not all that long ago as far as tree life cycles are concerned. Nor was the early slaughter even throughout congo.
In forests like Salonga National Park that lost its large elephant population after 1960 there are still clear elephant “boulevards” or paths and openings that were visited by many elephants seeking minerals. Within the forests, however, elephant foraging parties are smaller than on the savanna. They might maintain treefalls longer and certainly maintain some clearings, but even where elephant populations are “high” there is closed evergreen forest. The ituri forest where our study in the 80s was done had one of the best surviving forest elephant populations. It is now a reserve. Since that time half its population of elephants was killed during the conflict period of the 1990s and early 2000s.

]]> By: michael http://www.bonoboincongo.com/2010/01/19/can-congo%e2%80%99s-forest-support-pygmy-hunter-gathers/comment-page-1/#comment-1358 michael Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:25:29 +0000 http://www.bonoboincongo.com/?p=1451#comment-1358 Question: Exist studies about elephant densities at times before let's say several hundred years ago, when the ivory trade began, and is it possible that the elephant in high densities would open the forests in a way that it looks partly like a secondary forest, which better supports the food plants listed above? Question:
Exist studies about elephant densities at times before let’s say several hundred years ago, when the ivory trade began, and is it possible that the elephant in high densities would open the forests in a way that it looks partly like a secondary forest, which better supports the food plants listed above?

]]> By: Terese Hart http://www.bonoboincongo.com/2010/01/19/can-congo%e2%80%99s-forest-support-pygmy-hunter-gathers/comment-page-1/#comment-1355 Terese Hart Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:57:09 +0000 http://www.bonoboincongo.com/?p=1451#comment-1355 I have no problem with your taking images from the posts. If , however, you use a photo that is not one of our own, please do credit the photographer. Thank you. We would, of course, appreciate a link to our own blog, if appropriate. I have no problem with your taking images from the posts. If , however, you use a photo that is not one of our own, please do credit the photographer. Thank you. We would, of course, appreciate a link to our own blog, if appropriate.

]]> By: Jean http://www.bonoboincongo.com/2010/01/19/can-congo%e2%80%99s-forest-support-pygmy-hunter-gathers/comment-page-1/#comment-1354 Jean Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:43:36 +0000 http://www.bonoboincongo.com/?p=1451#comment-1354 Hello love the colorful articles, I awould like to post some of the images you have on wikipedia, I wanted to known whether it was ok? Jacqueline Guisset book From your article. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2328/1491577120_5ac39bf7ae.jpg Thank you Hello love the colorful articles, I awould like to post some of the images you have on wikipedia, I wanted to known whether it was ok? Jacqueline Guisset book

From your article.

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Thank you

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