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Big problems and potential for great ape conservation

Mongabay Newscast

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The DRC Opens 27 Blocks of Land for Oil and Gas Development

Dr. Hart says bonobos are typically trafficked via airplane and Lomami is not easily accessible due to the lack of roads. She does mention some bonobo infants have been seeing being moved from the buffer zone of the park to the southwest, which has an airport roughly seven kilometers away. And although bonobo killing has gone way down, it has not yet stopped. The DRC has opened up 27 blocks of land for oil and gas development.

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