Support for the promotion of community tourism for the protection and valorization of western lowland gorillas in the Moukalaba-Doudou National Park, Gabon

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

The project is intended to maintain the gorilla habituation process and strengthen capacities to promote and develop ecotourism in Moukalaba Doudou.

Specific activities include: (1) continuation of the habituation process for the Musiru gorilla group for eventual tourism (2) recruitment of two volunteers to improve monitoring and evaluation of the Musiru group (3) completion of a network of transects in the Douguetsi forest to enhance knowledge of gorilla movement patterns (4) improvement of infrastructure for the gorilla habituation teams to enhance existing working conditions and (5) development of tourist guide capacity on crocodile capture, identification, and monitoring techniques.