“Herds of elephants are trampling crops and polluting water sources in eastern Republic of Congo, threatening to force thousands of villagers out of their homes, the forestry minister said on Friday.” - Reuters.com

“The Republic of Congo announced today plans to expand its protected area network for the purpose of further conserving the region’s immense biodiversity, one of the key goals of the 7th Conference of the Parties for the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-7). As a delegate at the conference, Congo’s Minister of Forestry Economy Henri Djombo announced that his country will officially gazette the Bambama-L?kana National Park, a unique and spectacular mosaic of rolling savanna and gallery forest inhabited by elephants, chimpanzees, lions, and other savanna/forest wildlife, along with plans to expand marine reserves along the coast and create new protected areas along the southern border. ” - EurekAlert!