Faces of Africa – Saving The Congo Forests
The Congo forests in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is home to tens of thousands of plants species and hundreds of mammals and endangered animals like mountain gorillas, elephants and okapi, among others.
But the magnificent forests, has for the last two decades experienced the worst human degradation and a group of Congolese conservationists led by Rene Ngongo, have over the years since taken upon themselves to safeguard their forests.