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Our other activities in Central Africa include, in particular, providing material support to forest rangers, supporting education and awareness through our own printed materials, and assisting regional organisations focused on primate conservation or sustainable development.

Photo: Khalil Baalbaki

The Wandering Bus is a project run by Prague Zoo, focused on the environmental education of Cameroonian children and on raising awareness about the protection of gorillas and the tropical rainforest of Central Africa in general.

A pangolin offered for sale in the Cameroonian city of Mbama. Photo: Miroslav Bobek, Prague Zoo

Through education and raising awareness among local communities, as well as providing material support to forest rangers, we contribute not only to the protection of gorillas but also to the conservation of other endangered animal species that inhabit the African rainforest.

Although western lowland gorillas are still the most numerous subspecies of gorilla, their population is declining at an alarming rate. Deforestation and poaching are among the main threats not only to gorillas, but also to pangolins and other rare mammals...