Congolais Institute for the Conservation of Nature

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Congo Democratic RepublicDemocratic Republic of Congo Institute Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature
- ICCN -
State level nationwide
Position of the authority Nature Conservation Executive of the DRC
Consist since 1978
Headquarters Kinshasa
Authority management Cosma Wilungula Balongelwa, General Manager
Website www.iccnrdc.org

The Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN) (German: Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation) is a semi-public institution based in Kinshasa that controls and guards the protected areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo . Cosma Wilungula Balongelwa is General Director of the ICCN. The institute is a partner of numerous international organizations and agreements, such as CITES and IUCN .

structure

The task is to control and guard the national parks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and all other protected areas. The institute collects field data and analyzes it. The ICCN rangers are partially armed. Around 400 ICCN rangers are deployed in the large Virunga National Park ; Since 2006, over 150 rangers have been killed in this park by attacks by rebels and militias.

The work is financed with funds from the Congolese state.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Democratic Republic of the Congo | CITES. Retrieved November 20, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Global plan aims to save elusive okapi from extinction . In: IUCN . February 18, 2016 ( iucn.org [accessed November 20, 2017]).
  3. ^ IES> ESAG> Organizations> Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN). November 20, 2017. Retrieved November 20, 2017 (UK English).
  4. ↑ a b Deadly Attack on Ranger Patrol in DRC's Virunga National Park Leaves Eight Dead . In: African Wildlife Foundation . January 25, 2011 ( awf.org [accessed November 20, 2017]).
  5. ^ Another Ranger Killed at World's Most Dangerous Park . December 16, 2016 ( nationalgeographic.com [accessed November 20, 2017]).
  6. ↑ Klaas van Dijken, Lisa Dupuy: The day we Witnessed wildlife rangers being gunned down in Congo . In: The Guardian . October 4, 2017, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed November 20, 2017]).
  7. ^ State of the Apes Volume 1 - Extractive Industries . In: State Of The Apes . ( stateoftheapes.com [accessed November 22, 2017]).