Wildlife · Mount Kenya and Eburu
A future for the mountain bongo
The mountain bongo is critically endangered. Remaining animals are found across four mountain-forest ecosystems.
The challenge
The mountain bongo is critically endangered. Remaining animals are found across four mountain-forest ecosystems.
What Rhino Ark is doing
Camera traps, GIS and community surveillance in Mount Kenya and Mau Eburu, with partners including KWS, KFS and the Wilder Institute / Calgary Zoo.
People
Hon. Najib Balala welcomed the National Recovery and Action Plan for the Mountain Bongo as a plan set up to rescue the species from extinction.
“I am delighted to be a part of the launch of the National Recovery and Action Plan for the Mountain Bongo. It augurs well for the future of the critically endangered mountain bongo, because the plan has been set up to rescue it from extinction.”
Evidence
Bongo reports, films and the recovery programme page sit in Knowledge and Our Work.
Take action
Support camera-trap monitoring and forest-friendly livelihoods.
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