{"id":15900,"date":"2023-07-13T13:11:39","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T12:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorersagainstextinction.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15900"},"modified":"2025-01-14T13:15:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T13:15:13","slug":"echos-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explorersagainstextinction.co.uk\/blog\/echos-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Echo&#8217;s family"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hubble-live-assets.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/eae\/image_asset\/file\/368\/content_0B4A6203.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year we supported a project in the&nbsp;<strong>Dzanga Sangha Protected Area<\/strong>, the largest intact forest block remaining in&nbsp;Central African Republic. It is part of the Congo Basin &#8211; a vast biodiverse wilderness&nbsp;stretching across six countries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the threatened and unique species found here are Critically Endangered Forest elephants, great apes (lowland gorillas and chimpanzees), bongo, buffalo, sitatunga, giant forest hogs as well as a large variety of monkeys and duikers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within the forest are clearings known as &#8216;bais&#8217;. The mineral rich soil and vegetation which grows here is attractive to wildlife including elephants.&nbsp;Dzanga Bai is home to the largest aggregation of forest elephants in the world, with as many as 100 gathering.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The landscape is changing due to human activity and partners including World Wildlife Fund have been active here for three decades helping&nbsp;the government to conserve its&nbsp;exceptional biodiversity&nbsp;and to promote the&nbsp;sustainable management of natural resources&nbsp;for the well-being of the local communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We offered to fund three new elephant tracking collars in Dzanga Sangha, along with the monitoring of these elephants for a 24 month period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team are keen to fit up to ten new collars to build up a&nbsp;picture of elephant life in the Congo Basin. This is a&nbsp;vital step to managing and protecting this area.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Studies have shown that&nbsp;forest elephants have&nbsp;decreased by&nbsp;<strong>two thirds<\/strong>&nbsp;and that they are particularly senstive to human activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Images: Dzanga Bai, Nuria Ortega;&nbsp;elephant collaring, DSPA<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hubble-live-assets.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/eae\/image_asset\/file\/369\/content_May_newsletter_Echo.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dzanga Bai is the most famous clearing in the Protected Area with the mineral rich springs attracting a wide variety of species. It seems to be a &#8216;meeting place&#8217; where wildlife comes to socialise &#8211; a bit like visiting a village green or the pub!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bai is monitored by researchers throughout the year from a raised platform.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In May, researchers spotted a female elephant named Echo in the bai. 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