Building ecotourism services and local communities involvement for the conservation of great apes in the Moukalaba-Doudou National Park, Gabon.

"The purpose of this project is to conserve Moukalaba Doudou National Park in Gabon by strengthening gorilla-based ecotourism as a tool for protecting the ecological integrity of the park and involving local communities to manage their natural resources.

This project is intended to maintain the gorilla habituation process and strengthen capacities to promote and develop ecotourism in Moukalaba-Doudou National Park, Gabon.

Specific activities include: (1) implementation of a new working methodology to maintain the gorilla habituation process; (2) recruitment of three primatologists to support the habituation process; (3) building of an additional wooden platform in collaboration with local communities and provision of research equipment to improve working conditions; (4) tourism infrastructure improved to support the parks tourism development; (5) establishment of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the park for tourism management; (6) tourism increased to support park management plans; (7) creation of tourism products to improve the quality of the experience for tourists visiting the park. .."