Okapi Wildlife Reserve in DR Congo is now governed by a new management structure to improve protection

The Okapi Wildlife Reserve (OWR) in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), created to protect the secretive okapi (Okapia johnstoni), will now be governed through a 10-year Co-management Partnership Agreement between the Institute in Congo for the Conservation of Nature (ICCN) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). Management of the OWR is delegated to WCS through the appointment of the Director of the Reserve Management Unit. The Okapi Conservation Project is a partner of the OWR and operates its programs through a Collaboration Agreement with WCS and a Contract of Collaboration with ICCN.  To read more, click here.