CONSERVATION ACTION PROGRAM

A Program of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International

ACTIVITIES & PROJECTS: The Tayna Gorilla Reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo The Ecosystem Health Program The Tayna Center for Conservation Biology Field Science Reports Community Development Projects

Beginning in 2000, the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International initiated a coordinated conservation outreach effort, to spread our expertise and resources to other gorilla habitats, and to the communities in these areas.

This program includes community-based conservation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), ecosystem health projects, education programs, economic initiatives, conservation science and more.

Dr. Patrick Mehlman (right) DFGFI vice president of Africa programs, with Pierre Kakule Vwirasihikya, coordinator of the Tayna Gorilla Reserve and executive secretary of UGADEC (Union of Associations for Gorilla Conservation and Community Development in Eastern DRC)

Conservation Action Program activities are supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).