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🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo

Rangers in a 4,334 km² Congo Basin rainforest park recorded zero detected elephant poaching in 2023 for the first time in its 30-year history.

4,334km²Park area after 2023 Djéké Triangle expansion
3,200elephantsForest elephants estimated inside the park
2,200gorillasWestern lowland gorillas estimated inside the park

🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo

Twenty thousand people live inside this flooded forest in the Republic of Congo, and the reserve they co-manage sits on more peat than any other protected area in Central Africa.

4,880square kilometresReserve area
20kpeoplePeople living inside the reserve
30BtonnesCarbon stored in Congo Basin peatlands
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