WWF projects in the Green Heart of Africa
Region-wide
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Development of Community Alternatives to Illegal Exploitation of Forests (DACEFI)
The project aims to develop alternatives by local communities to stop illegal exploitation of forests in Gabon, Cameroon and Congo Brazzaville.
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Elephant conservation in Africa
African elephants are the world’s largest terrestrial mammals. Although elephant numbers have recovered from record lows in the 1980s – today there ar...
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Cross-border conservation in Gabon and Congo
In an effort to improve cross-border management of protected areas of the Congo Basin, Gabon and The Republic of Congo are working together in the Gam...
Cameroon
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Strengthening Community-Based Forest Enterprises in Ecoregions of Latin America, Asia and Africa
The support and involvement of local communities can reap real and long term benefits for WWF’s conservation work. This project addresses the devel...
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Elephant conservation in Africa
African elephants are the world’s largest terrestrial mammals. Although elephant numbers have recovered from record lows in the 1980s – today there ar...
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Jengi Fever: Forest management in Cameroon
The Baka people who live in the southeastern rainforests of Cameroon depend on the forest for their survival, as do other forest inhabitants such as e...
Central African Republic (CAR)
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Elephant conservation in Africa
African elephants are the world’s largest terrestrial mammals. Although elephant numbers have recovered from record lows in the 1980s – today there ar...
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Sustainable Management and Credible Certification Process in the Congo Basin
The sustainable management of the forest ecosystems has been for a few decades in the centre of the concerns of the international community who did no...
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Improving Livelihoods of People Living within the Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve
Congo-Brazzaville
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Development of Community Alternatives to Illegal Exploitation of Forests (DACEFI)
The project aims to develop alternatives by local communities to stop illegal exploitation of forests in Gabon, Cameroon and Congo Brazzaville.
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Elephant conservation in Africa
African elephants are the world’s largest terrestrial mammals. Although elephant numbers have recovered from record lows in the 1980s – today there ar...
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Cross-border conservation in Gabon and Congo
In an effort to improve cross-border management of protected areas of the Congo Basin, Gabon and The Republic of Congo are working together in the Gam...
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
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Protected Areas Assessment for the DRC
Protected areas are one of the most effective tools for conserving species and natural habitats. Well-planned and effectively managed protected areas ...
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Development of Community Alternatives to Illegal Exploitation of Forests (DACEFI)
The project aims to develop alternatives by local communities to stop illegal exploitation of forests in Gabon, Cameroon and Congo Brazzaville.
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Conserving the woodlands of central and southern Africa
Covering much of central and southern Africa, the Miombo ecoregion is an area of 3.6 million km2 ranging across parts of Angola, Botswana, the Democra...
Gabon
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On the ground in Gabon’s Gamba protected area
Along Gabon’s southwestern coast lies the Gamba complex of protected areas. The habitat is a mix of dense tropical rainforests, wide open savannahs, s...
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Minkebe Forest, Gabon
Situated in the northeast corner of Gabon, the Minkebe Forest is considered one the most biologically rich rainforests in Africa. It is home to one of...
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Development of Community Alternatives to Illegal Exploitation of Forests (DACEFI)
The project aims to develop alternatives by local communities to stop illegal exploitation of forests in Gabon, Cameroon and Congo Brazzaville.
