Cross-border Conservation: TRIDOM Has Much To Show!

*This special report was carried out with the support of Pulitzer Centre and the Congo Basin Rainforest Journalism Fund. 

The trans-boundary conservation initiative between the three countries has brought enormous benefits to local people through community and council forests, and logging concessions, which enjoy high levels of sustainable management. Made up of protected areas in Cameroon (Dja Wildlife Reserve), Congo Brazzaville (Odzala National Park) and Gabon (Minkébé National Park), TRIDOM covers 178,000 square kilometres or 10 per cent of the Congo Basin rainforest. 
The Cameroon portion of TRIDOM covers 49,000 square kilometres. TRIDOM comprises 11 protected areas – including Boumba-Bek National Park, Nki National Park, Ngoyla Wildlife Reserve and Mengame Gorilla Sanctuary in Cameroon. And Mwangne National Park in Gabon. 
A large mammal stronghold, the landscape comprises logging...