"[1] It has a large and varied ecosystem, and it is home to over 265 species of birds, and the forests of Cameroon contain some of the highest population density of forest elephants of any nation with an elephant density of roughly 2.5 per square kilometer for Nki and neighboring Boumba Bek National Park combined.

The removal of logging industries from the park, on the other hand, has been a success; it is no longer considered a major threat to Nki's wilderness.

Before WWF arrived, Ndongo was a bustling logging town of 300 residents with fairly good roads and plentiful working opportunities.

The logging companies pulled out of the town in 1988, leaving broken machinery and severely damaging Ndongo's economy.

[2] According to Leonard Usongo, manager of WWF projects in southeast Cameroon, "we cannot convince a community of the need to protect forests if we don’t acknowledge their problems or their poverty.

"[2] Today, logging is no longer a major problem,[3] as "it would require a lot of investment to develop necessary infrastructure, such as roads, for [its] operations, especially in the southern portion of Nki.

Strong currents on the river are a deterrent for half the year, but after that, according to freelance journalist Jemini Pandya, the fauna is easy to prey upon.

[4] Cameroon and Gabon are currently working on the TRIDOM project, a conservation initiative leading to a land management plan which will oversee access to and use of forests.

It will create a tri-national "interzone" bordered by the Minkebe, Boumba-Bek, Nki, and Odzala National Parks and the Dja Wildlife Reserve.

[5] The park is located in a remote area of southeastern Cameroon, which "has helped maintain most of its pristine forest and beauty.

[4] The area around the park, as defined by the World Wildlife Fund, has a human population of 22,882, mostly ethnic Bantus[6] and, despite being named a minority in Cameroon's constitution of 18 January 1996, Baka Pygmies.

[6] As with Boumba-Bek to the northeast, the main type of forest is semi-evergreen with an open canopy dominated by the 50–60 m Triplochiton, though it is mixed with large patches of closed evergreens.

Two small owls, Sjostedt's and African barred owlets coexist in Nki, due to similar habitat requirements.