WCS - Wildlife Conservation Society (Central African Republic)

WCS's goal is to conserve the world's largest wild places in 14 priority regions, home to more than 50% of the world's biodiversity. The Central Africa region encompasses the vast Congo Basin and Ogooué Basin forests, the second largest tropical forest in the world. It features exceptional biodiversity and is of great conservation importance, harboring vast contiguous forest blocks with intact assemblages of large charismatic mammals, including the endangered forest elephant, two species of gorilla, chimpanzees, and bonobos, the reclusive Okapi, and the bongo. It is also home to diverse human cultures including indigenous forest peoples. The Gulf of Guinea coastlines sustain significant marine mammal and turtle nesting and feeding grounds, and the region boasts globally significant biodiversity hotspots along the Albertine Rift.