The Okapi Reserve

Category: Community Work, General, Mbuti Pygmies, Ranger Patrols | Date: Dec 28 2007 | By: admin

In 96 hours, the 2007 year is about to end, so I would like to visualize you on snaps some achievement in Okapi Reserve. This, of course should motivate you for any help for safeguarding the home of the charismatic animal “OKAPI” and its relatives living in the Reserve.

So, please take your time

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Workers wives during a manifestation in Epulu

Miners arrested by field rangers in deep forest of the Reserve

The technical Director of ICCN welcomed in Epulu

The catholic bishop as stakeholder welcomed in Epulu

Workshop with traditional chiefs of Mambasa

Okapi TATU healthy in Epulu zoo

Senior Warden (bottom) and his assistant strongly devoted.

Thanks,

Somba

Technorati : congo, epulu., wildlifedirect

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Category: General | Date: Dec 26 2007 | By: admin

As Christmas and New Year 2008 approach, the Education Program one of the GIC department, organized a series of football matches.

Ladies soccer team named “ELEPHANT” from Mambasa town reached Epulu and played against the Okapi team of Epulu. For your information, both teams are sponsors by GIC/ Education Department .Finally, Epulu ladies scored 1 - 0, but it was really very good organized in terms of facilities and…..

During the 15 minutes of halp-time, the theatre team intervenes with a small sequence of conservation message:

On 23trd, the soccer team from Bandisende played against Epulu boys team and the finally score was null. The next soccer match shall take place on 1st of January 2008.

Somba

Technorati : epulu., okapi, okapi. wildlifedirect

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Category: General | Date: Dec 18 2007 | By: admin

Dear readers,

With all sincerity, we are obliged to take this opportunity to inform you that all your moral, technical, or financially donations for the safeguard of the Okapi Reserve are warmly welcomed. In the end of this year 2007, we sincerely push away conservation enemies( poachers, ellegal miners,….). We still maintaining 90% of all evacuated mining camps, rangers have enough patrol food, okapis in Epulu Zoo are healthy…

Below, some recorded photos to witness the effort made during the year with your support.

Okapi in Zoo accepts easily to be brushed by Ranger

Recent dung of elephant in deep forest observes by the patrol team

Ivory task and fire arm confiscated from poacher

The Reserve ecosystem: attractive point of tourism

Somba

Technorati : epulu, okapi. wildlifedirect

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Category: General, Ranger Patrols | Date: Dec 13 2007 | By: admin

Patrol Leaders who conduct patrols in different sectors of the Okapi Reserve undergone a retraining in specifics modules from 23 to 26 of November 2007, and from 10th to 12th of December 2007 in Epulu ( headquarter of the Reserve).

Matters consisted on Professional ethics of patrol ranger, patrol organization, Power and Authority, Communication and Military penal code…. 7 days were concentrated for the course, and practical session was planned accordingly.

This allows the management to cover some gaps, and prevent rangers from many compromising during their primordial mission which is to kick out all illegal activities.

Gilman International Conservation ( GIC ), one of the partners of the Reserve sponsored the session, and I can witness that this refreshment is very important for our Rangers. Madame Rosemarie Ruf who is leading the Project still confirming her support for organizing other sessions next year.

trainers thinking in classroom

Rangers in school

Moreover, this initiative helps in terms of management of the Reserve. Rangers supposed to be educated and accomplish his work without complaining. Community should also have support from Rangers.

Somba

Technorati : congo, epulu., okapi. wildlifedirect

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Category: General | Date: Dec 03 2007 | By: admin

From 27th of November to 2nd of December 2007, I was out inspecting patrol post around the Reserve, and collect some strategic reports from informers. Really, the trip was okay, and those are some photos illustrating the contact with some stakeholders, illegal activities recorded, construction of patrol post or temporary base by rangers. At all, the tour took us 7 days on motorbike in very bad rood. 590 km were the distance covered.

ABDUL ( driver) on motorbike struggling on the road under fixing by Chinese enterprise SINOHYDRO

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In middle, Somba with the Administrator of Mungbere and traders’president

Somba and the traditional chief of Manvu collectivity Mr. Augustin

Rangers building their new position in Nduye sector under pression of armed poaching of okapi, elephant

A monkey ( cercopithecus l’hoesti) killed by pygmies ( Amisi ,…) in North-Eastern region of the Reserve

A baby of 4 months playing with a confiscated baby baboon of 2 months.

In sum, the tour was fine, and we took opportunity to meet some strong stakeholder’s surrounding the reserve. We realized that some illegal activities are done by population especially by pygmies because of the misinformation, and the irregularity of the management in different zones in and outside of the protected area.

We still need your financially help for paying some volunteers who should help us building houses of rangers in position , so rangers should have only his task fighting poachers in forest,….

Somba

Technorati : epulu, okapi, okapi. wildlifedirect

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