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Approaching Congo’s Mineral Rich Giant

October 21, 2010 – 7:10 pm

What will it take to convince a Province that is larger than California – almost as large as Texas – and that has oil under its largest lake, gold in its eastern hills, diamonds in its northern rivers, iron under its forests and ivory still roaming around on four legs – that it is a [...]

By Terese Hart | Also posted in Kisangani | Comments (3)

Writ in the Bark of Trees

September 11, 2010 – 6:05 am

On the banks of the Luidjo, west from the village of Oluwo, the elders marked the trees and signed their agreement. The Tambiko had immense traditional importance, but resulted in none of the written administrative documents needed to legitimize a future Lomami National Park. There were neither texts nor signatures, only drumming and songs and [...]

By Terese Hart | Also posted in Indigenous peoples | Comments (1)

Congo Tourism 5: A Different Take on a Trip to Camp Bonobo

July 18, 2010 – 4:23 pm

Max and Jojo at Camp Bonobo in the future Lomami National Park. It all looks different when you are under 25 and coming for the first time to the Lomami. Our youngest daughter, Eleanor (called Jojo), was joined by her good friend, Max, in Congo. Here are tidbits of their perspective on city, forest and [...]

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Cleaning Congo’s Parrots out of Congo

May 20, 2010 – 10:31 pm

Like pigeons, parrots flock to certain areas in vast numbers. Thousands of parrots land in known roosts in Gabon. Less is known about the interior forests of Congo, but the parrot swamps on the border of the Lomami are known to at least one parrot merchant. Parrot merchant in his capture camp near the Lomami [...]

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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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