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Animals killed in the bush for food. Bushmeat trading is one of the main sources of cash for people in TL2. Traders and hunters come from 100s of kilometers to exploit TL2 forests.

BUSHMEAT 9: A Congo Chronology of Bushmeat

November 15, 2009 – 1:54 pm

Is it possible to stop Congo’s massive commercial hunting before the forests are empty of animals? Maybe, and maybe it is easier than we thought. Here is the story: What we saw 2007 – early 2009: During 2007 and 2008, the TL2 project inventoried intact forest — with low, or no human population — between [...]

By Terese Hart | Also posted in About the project, Bonobo, Kindu | Comments (7)

Tarred Feathers of Peacock and Parrot in Central Congo

September 10, 2009 – 6:44 pm

The congo peacock and the grey parrot are both in TL2 forests and, after two years, finally here is their first post. The Congo Peacock (Afropavo congensis) exists only in the forests of D.R. Congo. It should be emblazoned on national uniforms or pressed into official seals. Not so. We are more often reminded of [...]

By Terese Hart | Also posted in Kindu | Comments (4)

After Two Years in the Forests of Central Congo.

August 25, 2009 – 6:00 pm

In early 2007 the first exploratory mission was launched up the Lomami. One very large dug-out took off from Kisangani full of barrels of fuel, bags of rice, bags of beans, packs of salt fish, cans of sardines , a bottle or two of Johny Walker-red and a crew of men. All of these men [...]

By Terese Hart | Also posted in About the project, Guides and how to | Comments (6)

BUSHMEAT 8: Lousy Way to Make a Living When Game Gets Scarce.

August 12, 2009 – 7:30 pm

If someone suggested I put in twice the hours of work for half the pay – I’d say it was a bad deal. Bushmeat hunters in central Africa have a bad deal. The stories below are from a part of the TL2 area that, two months ago, was still an un-surveyed blank on our map. [...]

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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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