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Women of Bili-Uere have been cooking with firewood for a long time, choked by the smoke, perfumed by the pungent smell of charcoal, and often limited to cooking outdoors, which becomes increasingly challenging during bad weather.The traditional…

Despite twenty-five years in Africa, I’d never had the opportunity to see the western lowland gorilla in the wild. Recently, Wilderness Safaris, the South Africa-based tourism company, developed a new destination in Odzala…

It goes without saying that emphasizing the link between education and conservation is not a fruitless endeavor. The desired outcome is a community which consciously chooses to look after its forest as a heritage for its children, its…

For close to two decades, the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) has been at the helm of conservation initiatives in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Collaborating closely with the Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN),…

Across the Bili-Uélé landscape of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, elephants, chimpanzees, and other forest species share space with farming communities and the seasonal arrival of pastoralist herds. It is a place where every movement…

In the remote Bili-Uéré Hunting Domain of northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, endangered eastern chimpanzees roam ancient forests, elephants migrate along age-old paths — and thousands of artisanal gold miners dig into the same fragile ground…

Happy Earth Day!  On this 45th anniversary of the international day to celebrate our wonderful planet, many people across the globe find themselves oscillating between feelings of grave concern and marked optimism.They’re concerned about the…

In some parts of the world, you can visit a planetarium and go on an amazing immersive journey into the wonders of the night sky. In other parts of the world, you can visit a natural wildlife reserve and go on an incredible expedition into…

In the heart of the Bili-Uéré landscape in northern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a quiet revolution is underway. It doesn’t involve megaphones or mass protests—just the steady footsteps of young conservationists like Christophe Diyadiya…