Salonga National Park, created in 1970, with an area of 3,334,600 ha, is divided into two sectors (North and South) by a corridor outside the Park of about forty km wide. The Park is one of the most ...

Gazetted as a national park in 1970, Salonga was later proclaimed a UNESCO World Heritage Site in recognition of its complex, intact and critically important ecosystems, which harboured a wealth of ...

Salonga National Park, located in the Democratic republic of Congo (DRC), was designated a World Heritage site in 1984 and a List of World Heritage in Danger site in 1999.

By Shreya Dasgupta Bonobo populations in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Salonga National Park remained steady between 2002 and 2018, but there are worrying signals of decline, a recent study ...

The research estimates that between 8,000 to 18,000 adult bonobos inhabit Salonga National Park in the DRC. Although the population has remained stable since 2000, there are signs of potential ...

Salonga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is Africa’s largest protected forest park, covering an area the size of Switzerland. It is pristine, ...

Brazil has announced the establishment of the Tumucumaque National Park in the north of the country – the largest tropical forest park in the world. The park covers a remote and mountainous area ...

2023 45COM 7B.6 - Salonga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (N 280) 2021 44COM 7A.44 - Salonga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (N 280) 2021 44COM 7A.46 - General ...

Gazetted as a national park in 1970, Salonga was later proclaimed a UNESCO World Heritage Site in recognition of its complex, intact and critically important ecosystems, which harboured a wealth of ...

Salonga National Park is Africa's largest tropical rainforest reserve. Situated at the heart of the central basin of the Congo river, the park is very isolated and accessible only by water. It is the ...