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Presentation of the book
date : 15/12/2011 |
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On Thursday the 15th of December, the book "Birds of Katanga" was presented at the Africa Museum of Tervuren in the presence of a large public. This work is part of the series "Studies in Afrotropical Zoology" and one of BAK administrators is one of the authors.
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Book on the edible mushrooms of the Zambezian forests
date : 16/09/2011 |
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Today BAK signed a contract of partnership with the “Jardin Botanique National de Belgique” (National Botanical Garden of Belgium) for the publication of a book on the edible mushrooms of the zambezian forests. With this contract, BAK makes the commitment to welcome the experts of the JBNB in Katanga and...
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Book on the birds of the Katanga
date : 15/09/2011 |
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The authors of the book coming out on the birds of Katanga and the head of the publication department of the MRAC met today. The model is almost done and we hope that the book will come out before the end of the year. This book is sponsored by Mister...
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A PhD student from the UNILU invited to Tervuren
date : 10/09/2011 |
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Within the framework of his doctoral thesis, Jonathan Muledi, a student from the Unilu whose thesis is financed by the Rachel Forrest Foundation, was invited in Belgium by Professor Hans Beeckman, head of the of Wood Biology department of the Museum of Tervuren. BAK helped this PhD student by supplying...
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New exhibition at the zoo of Lubumbashi planned for 2012
date : 31/07/2011 |
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BAK agreed to organize a new exhibition at the Zoo in association with AZLU.
This exhibition will replace the one present since July 2009. The following institutions will collaborate for this exhibition: national Botanical garden of Belgium, royal Museum of Central Africa, royal Institute of the Natural sciences of Belgium, Free...
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Mikembo tree nursery and PhDs
date : 15/07/2011 |
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Both PhD students who got a bursary from the Rachel Forrest Foundation carry on with their experimental works at the Mikembo Sanctuary. Experimental cultivations were organized. BAK supports these two students by putting at their disposal staff to help them....
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BAK organizes a Post-Graduate Diploma in Agronomy
date : 31/01/2011 |
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The collaboration of the Free University of Brussels (ULB) and of the University of Liège - Gembloux Agro Bio Tech as well as that of the Belgian scientific Institutions was obtained. Professors from the North joined Professors from the South to give lectures. The following subjects were given:
Plant biodiversity: Shutcha...
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Visit of the Mikembo Sanctuary by Belgian professors
date : 06/11/2010 |
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As part of the BAK research conducted within Mikembo Sanctuary, visiting professors from Belgian universities were shown experimental set ups within this area.
Professors Mahy, Meerts, Lejoly and Verbruggen could realize how much work has already been done.
All these professors will be part of the DEA (third cycle degree) that the...
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Students defend their PhD dissertations at UNILU
date : 01/11/2010 |
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From the 1st to the 3d of November students from the Agronomy Faculty of UNILU defended their PhD dissertations.
BAK is proud to announce that the 2 students that we financially supported for the last 3 years both achieved excellent results.
One of them even got the highest distinction for his work...
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BAK attended a symposium on DRC in Gembloux, Belgium.
date : 19/10/2010 |
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Two of BAK administrators attended a symposium organized by the university faculties of Gembloux and Liège. The theme was the contribution of the agronomic formation and research in a sustainable development of Congo.
The Congolese Environment Minister and the Belgian Cooperation Minister were both present
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Lake Tshangalele has a new mascot
date : 10/03/2010 |
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For some time now, a hippopotamus has been visiting the installations of the water-sports Club of the lake Tshangalele. Apparently attracted by the quality of the lawn, he comes out of the water every night to graze in the middle of the camp. The ICCN staff in charge of this...
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Reopening of fishing in Katanga
date : 01/03/2010 |
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Now that fishing has reopened, our NGO BAK wants to congratulate the provincial authorities on their management during its closure period.
This ban, sometimes difficult to apply, is not always popular but is indispensable for the survival of fish populations.
Teams of BAK had the opportunity to repeatedly visit the lake Tshangalele,...
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Looking for marsh weaver birds.
date : 11/02/2010 |
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A team of BAK, accompanied by Dr Michel Louette from the Royal Museum of Central Africa in Tervuren and by Professor Adrian Craig from Rhodes University, went all around Katanga looking for marsh weaver birds. The mission, which lasted two and a half weeks, was positive. Three of the four...
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BAK offers books to the ICCN
date : 25/08/2009 |
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BAK offered today a series of over two hundred books to the ICCN's provincial office. These works on the exploration of the national parks of Congo are still, for the most part, taken as the authority today. Students and other readers can consult these books for free in the library...
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Slaughter of a hippopotamus in the Tshangalele's reserve
date : 05/08/2009 |
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Free Translation
On the 26th of July 2009, one could read on the Radio Okapi's website the following article:
"Kambove: the slaughter of a hippopotamus, a bone of contention between the ICCN and the territorial authority Katanga / Environment / 26th of July 2009 at 11:13:44
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Inauguration of the BAK's exhibition
date : 03/07/2009 |
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On Friday the 3rd of July BAK inaugurated its exhibition " Nature Conservation in Katanga " at the zoo of Lubumbashi. His Excellence the Minister of the Environment came from Kinshasa accompanied with six members of parliament. Madam the Mayor of the city of Lubumbashi and the provincial Minister of...
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Birds' page update
date : 08/03/2009 |
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The page on birds in the rubric "Vertebrates of Katanga" has been updated.
Thanks to the collaboration of ornithologists from the "Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale de Tervuren", we were able to identify and add about fifty new birds' pictures.
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WCS final report
date : 25/02/2009 |
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Here is the complete report of the Wildlife Conservation Society on the protected areas of Katanga's large mammals census. This census took place in September 2008 in the Upemba and Kundelungu National Parks....
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Visit of the Professor Lejoly
date : 20/02/2009 |
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During the whole week BAK welcomed the Professor Jean Lejoly from the Free University of Brussels. This botanist came to set up, with students from the UNILU, an experimental site to study the open forest of Katanga also called "Miombo".
Areas totalising 4 hectares were chosen in the Mikembo Sanctuary. In...
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Visit of Canadian entomologists
date : 25/01/2009 |
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At the end of January 2009 BAK brought its logistic assistance to two entomologists (a Canadian and a Congolese) who came to study the dung beetles of Katanga. Dr Bruce Gill studies populations of beetles feeding on feces left by animal populations and gets information on these animal populations from...
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One of BAK's team goes in the elephants' area
date : 28/12/2008 |
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One of BAK's team stayed in the Kayumba chieftainship for several weeks. Thanks to the Chief Kayumba's introduction, our team was warmly welcomed by the populations. The villagers received a formation on the manufacturing of bricks made of dung and chilli that will be set on fire. Smokes filled with...
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BAK observes elephants in the North of the Lufira
date : 26/12/2008 |
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On the 26th of December, BAK organised a flying over the Lower Lufira to look for the herd of elephants observed the year before in the region.
We are happy to be able to confirm the presence of this herd in the Kayumba chieftainship where they benefit from the population's protection....
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Large mammals' census in the protected areas of Katanga
date : 09/09/2008 |
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The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) organises, from September 15th, a large mammals' census in the protected areas of Katanga. BAK decided to bring its technical and logistic expertise to this evaluation that will allow to make an inventory of the biodiversity of these regions. The results of this survey will...
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One of BAK's in the region of Mondwe
date : 08/07/2008 |
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From the 16th of June till the 4th of July, an itinerant team consisting of two representatives of BAK and accompanied by an agent from the Provincial Ministry of the Environment, went in the region of Mondwe on the Lufira, at the northern limit of the Upemba National Park. This...
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Kind appeal for assistance
date : 05/05/2008 |
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We are relaying an appeal for assistance issued by an american scientist who studies african mammals. Inhabitants of Katanga who are in possession of photos of the fauna of our province are solicited.
A kind appeal for assistance
We are searching for assistance on data collection, regarding an ongoing study devoted...
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BAK delivers a radiotransmitter at Mondwe-Kasenga
date : 03/05/2008 |
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The executive director of BAK went on this day in the village of Mondwe-Kasenga on the Lufira. This village is particularly subjected to frequent elephants' incursions. BAK officially handed over a radiotransmitter and its supply by solar pannels to the natables, with the presence of the group chief's wife. This...
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Return of the BAK's team from the elephants' region
date : 30/04/2008 |
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The investigators that BAK sent on the field to record the damages committed by the elephants came back from their trip that lasted for over a month.
They brought, beyond photos and GPS coordinates, informations on the elephants as well as grievances from the populations who are undergoing depredations caused by...
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Brief visit to Katwe and Lusinga
date : 29/04/2008 |
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BAK briefly visited to the stations of Katwe in The Kundelungu National Park and of Lusinga in the Upemba Natinal Park. The aim of this trip was to show the protected areas of Katanga to Dr José Kalpers, the Programme Manager of African Parks. This organisation, who has already taken...
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Humans-elephants conflicts
date : 18/04/2008 |
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On the 18th of April, a representative of BAK had a meeting with some of the responsibles of the International Fund for Animal Welfare organisation (IFAW-EU). At this meeting, the problem of conservation of the elephants of Katanga came up.
IFAW-EU committed itself to support BAK. In a few days,...
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Botanical training
date : 16/04/2008 |
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On the 14-15-16th of April, the agronomy faculty on the UNILU (University of Lubumbashi) organised, in collaboration with BAK, a botanical and plant ecology initiation fieldtrip. This fieldtrip brought together students and assistants at the Mikembo Sanctuary. Its aim was to form students interested in botany on field methodology to...
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Memorandum of Understanding between the ICCN and BAK
date : 04/04/2008 |
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BAK ASBL signed a memorandum of understanding with the Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICCN). This future partnership foresees that BAK will get involved in an important way in the management of the Protected Areas of Katanga. This memorandum, signed for the ICCN by the President of the...
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BAK's Ordinary General Meeting
date : 28/03/2008 |
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On the 28th of March, BAK held its ordinary General Meeting. It was decided to confer the title of Honorary members to the following personalities:
* His Excellency Mister José Endundo, Minister of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism of the Democratic Republic of Congo
* His Excellency Mister Moïse Katumbi Mwanke,...
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Support from BAK to Congolese students
date : 28/02/2008 |
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Loyal to its vocation to support any initiative that has a positive impact on the conservation of the biodiversity of Katanga, BAK decided to support two students from the university of Lubumbashi holding a 'DEA' (equivalent of master degree) in Plant Biology and Environment, and involved in research work to...
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In search of the creators of the Upemba Park
date : 27/12/2007 |
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After almost a year of work, our itinerant team has completed its tour of the Upemba Park. The objective was to present the waterside populations of the national park with photos of the Congolese people who took part in the creation of the Upemba Park and in the scientific explorative...
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Reintroduction of animals in Katanga
date : 07/11/2007 |
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On the 7th of November, BAK had the privilege to witness the reintroduction of wild animals in a private ranch situated in the neighbourhood of Lubumbashi.
This initiative completely meets the aims of our association and we really want to congratulate his promoter. We are proud to count this real friend...
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The elephants of the Upemba
date : 13/10/2007 |
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On the 13th of October, BAK flew over the region of the Upemba Park in search of some elephants that were reported in July.
We are happy to announce that we found a big herd containing over 80 elephants. This herd included numerous calves, which make us hope that these animals...
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Limits of the Kundelungu Park
date : 06/10/2007 |
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As part of the project BAK to realize a precise cartography of the protected areas of Katanga, a team went in the field in order to layout the road bounding the southeast limit of the Kundelungu national park....
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Visit of BAK at Kayo and at Kiantapo
date : 24/09/2007 |
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On the 17th and 18th of September, a delegation of BAK went to the southern sector of the Upemba National Park. In Kayo, contacts were made with the curator. The delegation, accompanied by a guide kindly provided by the Administrator of Lubudi territory, also visited the cave of Kiantapo...
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News about the Kundelungu National Park
date : 19/09/2007 |
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From the 10th till the 16th of September a delegation of BAK visited the Kundelungu National Park. The neglected state of the roads forced to us to mark out the track leading towards the falls of Lutshipuka and Masanza again. The track of Lofoi remains passable, but the big central...
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BAK's mission at Kiubo and surroundings
date : 25/07/2007 |
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From the 18th till the 22d of July one of our teams went to Kiubo. The mission consisted of two main sections. The recording of geographical data necessary for the establishment of the map of Katanga’s protected areas, and the presentation in the villages of photos dating from the end...
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First pictures of elephants in Katanga in many years
date : 04/07/2007 |
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Today, we received some pictures of elephants that were taken at the limit of the Upemba Park. BAK had handed out a digital camera to the agents participating in the expulsion of these elephants raving in inhabited zones and damaging the cultures.
We are waiting for the CICN (Congolese Institution for...
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Meeting with the provincial minister of the environment
date : 23/05/2007 |
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On Wednesday, 23d of May, a representative of BAK had the privilege to attend a dinner offered by the Minister of the Environment, Misses Thérèse LUKENGE KAPWIBWE MWENZE.
The Minister gave a speech in which she revealed her working program. During a conversation with the Minister, the representative of BAK thanked...
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Biodiversity and development
date : 04/05/2007 |
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A delegation of BAK ASBL participated in an informative session which was held on Friday the 4th of May, from 9 am till 5 pm in the Royal Institute of the Natural sciences of Belgium, Street Vautier 29, 1000 Brussels.
The subject of the day was:
‘Biodiversity, the essential partner...
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Visit of the Mikembo project
date : 13/04/2007 |
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BAK organised a visit of the ecological project "Mikembo". The director of the MRAC, his family as well as Misses Decadt, adviser of the Minister of the Belgian federal scientific politics, participated to this visit.
These personalities appreciated the results that were already obtained.
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Inauguration at the Museum of Lubumbashi
date : 11/04/2007 |
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The exhibition "Nature et Culture" which has already taken place in Paris and at Tervuren, was inaugurated at the National Museum of Lubumbashi.
The general manager of the National Institute of the Museums of Congo, the deputy mayor of the city of Lubumbashi, the director of the MRAC as well as...
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Honorary members
date : 16/03/2007 |
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The board of directors chose a list of personalities to whom BAK ASBL proposed the honorary membership
Have favorably answered to our request (in alphabetical order):
Guido GRYSEELS, Director of the « Musée royal de l’Afrique Centrale (MRAC) » in Tervuren, Belgium
Jean-pierre d’HUART, Conservation Consultancy Services SPRL ...
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Radio transmitters for the customary leaders
date : 14/03/2007 |
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After a meeting with the customary leaders whose lands are situated at the northern limit of the Upemba Park it was decided to equip two chieftainships with radio transmitter. The BAK office will be also equipped with one of these devices. This equipment -financed thanks to an IFAW-EU donation- will...
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Visit at the UNILU
date : 09/02/2007 |
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A delegation of BAK who was invited by Professor Ngongo, dean of the agronomy faculty, visited the laboratory of cartography on the Lubumbashi campus.
We agreed on a collaboration for the cartography project of the protected areas of Katanga which BAK intends to realize in association with the MRAC of Tervuren...
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Conservation amidst the turmoil of war in the Democratic Republic of Congo
date : 16/07/2002 |
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CONSERVATION AMIDST THE TURMOIL OF WAR IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Society for Conservation Biology
16th Annual Meeting
The University of Kent at Canterbury
Co-Hosted by Durrell Institute of Conservaiton and Ecology (DICE)
and British Ecological Society
Paper presented by
Dr. Jo Thompson, Director (Lukuru Wildlife Research Project)
and Mr. Michel Hasson (Nouvelles Approches)
16 July 2002
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DRC Parks Emergency Relief Mission
date : 15/08/2000 |
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« DRC Parks Relief Mission »
« Ape Alliance » , « Lukuru Wildlife Research Project » , « Nouvelles Approches a.s.b.l. »
Rapport de la Mission au Katanga
Parcs Nationaux
UPEMBA & KUNDELUNGU
National Parks
Report from the Delivery Trip in Katanga
Jo Thompson & Michel Hasson
August 2000
DRC Parks Relief Mission
Trip report for August...
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Sauvons les Parcs Nationaux du Katanga
date : 16/07/1999 |
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par le Professeur J.-J. Symoens (V.U.B.)
Au moment où le nombre des habitants du Congo augmente rapidement, il est inévitable que, pour satisfaire les besoins d'une population toujours plus nombreuse, la demande de terres s'accroisse, que les champs et...
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Voyage au Parc National de l’Upemba
date : 15/08/1997 |
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Voyage au Parc National de l’Upemba
(août 1997)
Ayant depuis peu participé à la création d’une a.s.b.l. dont le but est de promouvoir la Conservation de la Nature, je décidais de passer mes vacances au Katanga. Je voulais y visiter les Parcs Nationaux que je connaissais bien, pour y évaluer la situation...
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