Photo by Molly Bergen/WCS, WWF, WRI
Active fishing camp on the Lualaka River. Fishing is a common way of life around the DRC's Salonga National Park, though as across many of Africa's freshwater systems, fishers are struggling to cope with dwindling catches.
Salonga-Lukenie-Sankuru landscape, November 2018.
The U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Central Africa Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE) supports initiatives to improve the management of the Congo Basin’s biodiversity and natural resources. It is implemented in collaboration with African Parks, the African Wildlife Foundation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Forest Service, the University of Maryland, the Wildlife Conservation Society, World Resources Institute, World Wildlife Fund and other partners.