Dzanga-Ndoki National Park
The Sangha River Tri-National Protected Area (TNS) was created to preserve a substantial part of the second largest rain forest area on earth as an initiative of the Central African Forest Commission. It consists of the Dzanga-Ndoki National Park in the Central African Republic, the Nouabalé Ndoki National Park in the Congo and the Lobéké National Park in Cameroon, totaling 2.8 million hectares.
Far from the turbulence in the northern prefectures and close to the village of Bayanga lies the Dzanga Sangha Dense Forest Special Reserve. The reserve encompasses an area of more than 4,000 square kilometers. Towards the central part of the reserve are the two sectors of the National Park, Dzanga and Ndoki sectors, which together constitute the Dzanga-Ndoki National Park.
Conservation efforts have been aimed at providing protection to animal species dependent on the tropical forest habitats, such as forest elephants, western lowland gorillas, forest buffaloes, and bongo antelope. The first tri-national institutions have been established in order to plan and implement common activities concerning anti-poaching, research and the promotion of tourism.
Various donors support the three protected areas financially and technically: in the CAR by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF), in Cameroon by WWF and the German Cooperation of Technical Collaboration (GTZ), and in the Congo by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS ).