Dzanga-Sangha Complex of Protected Areas

[2][3] Since their gazetting, management of the park and the reserve has been under the Dzanga-Sangha project, a collaborative effort of the country's government, the GTZ/LUSO, a German technical agency, and the World Wildlife Fund.

They are characterised by the presence of monodominant patches of Gilbertiodendron dewevrei stands, with relatively low values for the mean number of trees per hectare when compared with other areas of the region.

Conversely, field observations find that these forests display some of the highest concentrations of animal species per hectare as compared with other areas of the region.

[3] The varied ecosystems are a habitat source for very high concentrations of African forest elephant, gorilla, chimpanzee, bongo, and Cape buffalo.

[3] Within the DSCPA, subsistence hunting is allowed in the special reserve, but all forms of exploitation, except tourism and scientific research, are prohibited in the national park.