Male gorilla in Odzala-Kokoua National Park - Odzala, ..., Congo [© 2011 Bruce Davidson]Odzala riverscape - Odzala, ..., Congo [© 2011 Bruce Davidson]Sunlight over the forest - Odzala, ..., Congo [© 2010 Peter Fearnhead]Kingfisher in Odzala - Odzala, ..., Congo [© 2002 Unknown]Sitatunga in an Odzala River - Odzala, ..., Congo [© 2011 Bruce Davidson]Guereza colobus in a clearing in the Odzala forest - Odzala, ..., Congo [© 2011 Bruce Davidson]

Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Congo

Community Involvement

 

A total of 70 community based associations have been established around the periphery of the park and two local community representatives have been elected to the Board of the newly created Odzala-Kokoua Foundation. The immediate future will see the formation of eco-development zones in which agro-forestry will be encouraged and facilitated, enabling community utilisation of the park periphery. African Parks is currently in consultation with the 70 local village associations to discuss specific socio-economic development needs which will lead to the provision of education and health facilities in the villages surrounding the park.

Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Congo - African Parks - Community Sensitisation Meeting - Odzala, ..., Congo [© 2011 Christelle Lamprecht]


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