Urgent Appeal from Lac Tumba

There is still much to learn about where bonobos live and how many remain in their natural habitat. In 2002, towards the end the war in the DRC, BCI and CREF researchers were convinced that bonobos might live in the Lac Tumba region, and set out to prove it. BCI found that the people of Lac Tumba were fighting the encroachment of logging companies and bushmeat hunting-a leading threat to bonobos. We now have signed agreements with three local communities and monitoring teams are working daily to protect bonobos that live in their forests. [Read more]

[See original letter from the people of Mbie Mokeli]

With minimal resources, BCI has been helping the people of Mbie Mokeli protect their forests in the Lac Tumba region, but they cannot do it alone. A logging company is quickly encroaching. Help us support their efforts to protect bonobos and their rainforest home.