Conservation efforts by families displaced for national park sees success in DRC

Mongabay
Jun 19, 2026, 1:44 am300 ptsTop
Descendants of families forcibly displaced during the creation of Maiko National Park in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo back in the 1970s are now leading a new wave of community-led conservation. Gangala Yafali Mangusa Jr., from one such displaced family, is the head of the Bamasobha Local…

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