The Lac Télé Community Reserve, located in the department of Likouala, Republic of Congo was created in 2001 by IUCN and it is now managed through a partnership between Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the Congolese Ministry of Forest Economy.
The reserve overlaps the world’ s largest swamp forest and Ramsar site, and the second largest wetland on earth. Its 4400 Km2 host up to the 70 % of flooded forest and peatland, representing a fundamental carbon stock below ground and a key Climate Change mitigation site at global level.
Floating prairies and dry forests complete the reserve’s list of habitats, the former representing a key migration site for migratory birds and the latter forming the habitat for a stunning biodiversity of endangered species which includes, among many species, the lowland western Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla - IUCN CR, of which it hosts the highest density in the world), important populations of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes -IUCN EN), and the forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis- IUCN CR).
Being the unique community-based reserve in the Republic of Congo, It hosts up to 27 villages and 20,000 people, heavily depending on local natural resources for fish, game meat and construction materials, this implying the need of a complex governance taking in account the urgency of preserving biodiversity as well as the livelihoods of the communities
As the project director on behalf of WCS, I’m based in the reserve since March 2021, where I lead +50 people of staff, including teams of research and biological monitoring, community-based conservation and logistics, supporting as well the Congolese State, which is charge of directly managing the antipoaching teams, organized and funded by Wildlife Conservation Society. Being in charge of the local finance and administration, I supervise as well all aspects of human resources and budgeting, including developing new grants and work lines in close coordination with WCS Congo.
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The reserve overlaps the world’ s largest swamp forest and Ramsar site, and the second largest wetland on earth. Its 4400 Km2 host up to the 70 % of flooded forest and peatland, representing a fundamental carbon stock below ground and a key Climate Change mitigation site at global level.
Floating prairies and dry forests complete the reserve’s list of habitats, the former representing a key migration site for migratory birds and the latter forming the habitat for a stunning biodiversity of endangered species which includes, among many species, the lowland western Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla - IUCN CR, of which it hosts the highest density in the world), important populations of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes -IUCN EN), and the forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis- IUCN CR).
Being the unique community-based reserve in the Republic of Congo, It hosts up to 27 villages and 20,000 people, heavily depending on local natural resources for fish, game meat and construction materials, this implying the need of a complex governance taking in account the urgency of preserving biodiversity as well as the livelihoods of the communities
As the project director on behalf of WCS, I’m based in the reserve since March 2021, where I lead +50 people of staff, including teams of research and biological monitoring, community-based conservation and logistics, supporting as well the Congolese State, which is charge of directly managing the antipoaching teams, organized and funded by Wildlife Conservation Society. Being in charge of the local finance and administration, I supervise as well all aspects of human resources and budgeting, including developing new grants and work lines in close coordination with WCS Congo.
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