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Ancestors along the Lomami of Central Congo Embrace the Future Park

September 8, 2011 – 11:05 pm

The ancestors observed as the drums and song filled the forest around them. The chiefs in the northern province of Orientale, like those in the south, insist that the ancestors be consulted before a Park is created on their lands. A “tambiko” must bring together all the traditional authorities. The Mbole ethnic group held the [...]

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Crocodiles in Central Congo – View from Lomami

July 29, 2011 – 9:13 pm

We had a croc-handling visitor accompany us to the Lomami River. He had already collected samples from a couple sites in Congo, including the Okapi Reserve in the Ituri. Matt at our old okapi camp in the Ituri Forest Below is his report from TL2 , with our photo documentary along the way: My name [...]

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Anarchy and the Absurd in Central Congo – 4

July 3, 2011 – 7:00 pm

Bofenda’s Field Diary from Along the Lomami Jack arrested by the population of Yawende. Major Guy and Maurice started their trip to the Lomami because of a death threat; a cross was traced in the dirt at the entrance to our field camp at Obenge. Along with Obenge, we have a second base just north [...]

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Anarchy and the Absurd in Central Congo – 3

May 31, 2011 – 12:23 am

The Major meets the Prophet The Prophet Moses is holding his trademark cross, new testament and hankie. The fellow on his right is his “son”, Lumumba. On the other side, and looking a bit doubtful, are Major Guy and Maurice. The Major and Maurice had a second stop to make on their way to Opala, [...]

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About Terese Hart

As director of the TL2 Project I represent an outstanding team of Congolese field biologists. My husband and I set out in 2007 to explore an unknown forest. We found bonobos, a new species of monkey, forest elephant, okapi, Congo peacock... Our mission now, with our TL2 staff, is to build effective conservation from village-base to national administration for TL2 and other critical conservation areas of DR Congo.
terese AT bonoboincongo DOT com
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...in Kinshasa after a week with the village outreach teams in Maniema. We had a retreat at our Bafundo base camp. My first time there. Beautiful. ...

...John is working with colleagues at Max Planck in Germany, he is back in Kinshasa at the beginning of May for a week of data analysis with our friend Rene Beyers ....

...We now have a tab for maps. Our first map is the soon-to-be Lomami National Park as approved by the governors. Then a series of maps illustrates the history of the TL2 project.
About Our Project
The three river basins of the Tshuapa, Lomami and Lualaba Rivers (TL2), Congo’s forest enigma, ascend through its geographic heart. We have answered our first question "Is Congo's own great ape, the bonobo, found in TL2?" Yes it is? And so is Congo's endemic rainforest giraffe, the okapi and the rare Congo peacock. But, now the challenge is to bring real protection to the forests before the bonobo and all other large animals are hunted out.
We make a great team:
- John Hart, my husband, who has led exploration and inventory missions around Congo for the last 25 years, along with
- Five expert team leaders, Dino Tshwa, Maurice Emetshu, Crispin Kibambe, Christian Urom, and Ephrem Mpaka.
- All of us working closely with some 30-40 other staff, from dugout captain, to community project leader and from cooks to porters, all essential.
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