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As Frankfurt Zoological Society's leader 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... With our staff and local leaders we sought a means to protect this wilderness forever. In July 2016 the Lomami National Park was declared: 8,874 sq km. Our mission, through Frankfurt Zoological Society, with our TL2 staff, is now to build effective conservation from village-base to national administration for the park and buffer zone. Read more.
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We used these funds to increase our monitoring and patrol coverage in the park (in 2020, patrols covered a total of 12,300 km on foot and mainly off-trail through forest); We maintained a permanent outreach presence in the buffer zone helping local populations with community projects (fish-ponds, village-built research house, bridges and road clearance). We continue to work with the population to improve their overall security and social peace.
Your support and interest are the greatest motivation possible. Our responsibility is to keep you informed through this blog-site and through our reports and photos. Don’t hesitate to ask us specific questions.
Our direct thanks go to (in the order that funding was received in 2020) Full Circle Foundation, Woodtiger Fund, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Wildcat Foundation, Elephant Crisis Fund, Temperatio, Frankfurt Zoological Society Core Funds and the contributors through Paypal at this blogsite.
Many thanks from all of us in TL2.
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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, Scientific Director."What I like most about the work is the anticipation….." read more
We’ve been in the field – Congo’s TL2 – since May 2007.