2002, Hunting and Primates - Animal Rights Zone

Dreaming of Congo rainforest: Gabon, Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic

10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2022

Logging roads have opened up vast areas to commercial hunting, leading to industrial-scale poaching and a more than 60 per cent drop in the region’s Forest Elephant population in less than a decade. Mammals include Western Lowland Gorilla, Forest Elephant and Forest Buffalo, and eleven diurnal primates.

Central African Republic

Central African Republic Congo Gabon Gorillas

Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

Now that the colony is off limits for hunting, the population has grown and the village is benefitting tremendously from entry and guide fees, and a school is being built courtesy of conservation funds. Seeing White-necked Picathartes was a dream come true for the author! Between 1990 and 2010, Ghana lost 33.7%

Ghana

Ghana Hunters Gambia Guinea

Animal Rights Zone

Dreaming of Congo rainforest: Gabon, Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic

Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

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