Lake Télé Community Reserve, Protected wetland in northern Congo.
The Lake Télé Community Reserve spans 4,389 square kilometers of swamp forest, grasslands, and floating prairies between the Sangha and Oubangui rivers.
The Republic of Congo established this protected area in 2001, marking the country's first community-managed conservation territory with local inhabitants as primary stakeholders.
The Bomitaba people maintain traditional practices and ceremonies connected to the forest, including rituals performed before entering certain areas of the reserve.
Twenty thousand residents depend on the reserve's resources for fishing, agriculture, construction materials, and traditional medicine within established sustainable use guidelines.
The reserve contains the world's largest tropical peatland and supports approximately 125,000 Western lowland gorillas, representing the highest density of these primates globally.
Inception: 2001
GPS coordinates: 1.34759,17.15412
Latest update: March 5, 2025 15:07
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