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The Republic of Congo is home to one of the richest and most biologically diverse and important forest ecosystems on the planet. Around 60% of the country is covered by lowland tropical forests, much of which is made up of large tracts of undisturbed virgin wilderness, and these areas are home to a diverse range of rare and endangered mammals, insects and plants – forest elephants, chimpanzees, western lowland gorillas, leopards and bongo antelope are just some of the species of large mammals which roam the forests, while the country also boasts old growth forests containing enormous mahoganies and other tree species which are many hundreds of years old.

For the last 15 years WCS has assisted the government in managing more national parks, reserves and buffer zones in the Republic of Congo than any other organization, conserve biodiversity in Congo by establishing and maintaining a network of well-managed protected areas.

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