Conkouati-Douli National Park is managed by the Ministry of Forest Economy and Sustainable Development (MEFDD), in partnership with the NGO Noé, a non-profit conservation organisation, created in 2001.

[3] From 1994 to 1999 the IUCN recognised that the area was critically endangered and collaborated with PROGECAP-GEF Congo with financing from the World Bank in agreement with the Congolese authorities until June 1999.

The coastal residents are mainly Vili people, an ethnic group of fishers and traders that settled there in the 13th century.

The villages along the forest road contain a mix of over 30 different ethnic groups who came with the industrial forestry sector and settled fewer than 100 years ago.

It is located near the villages of Cotovindou and Louléma along the border between Congo and Gabon, at the point of intersection with National Route 5.

[4] Additionally, poachers commonly use the coastal and south-east forest roads traversing the park to gain access to rare animals such as elephants.

The local human population is low but the nearby city of Pointe-Noire (150 km from the park) fuels natural resource exploitation to feed the growing demands for bushmeat and wood.