A natural history of Chlorocebus dryas from camera traps in Lomami National Park and its buffer zone, Democratic Republic of the Congo, with notes on the species status of Cercopithecus salongo

Abstract The Endangered dryas monkey Cercopithecus dryas, endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is one of Africa's most enigmatic primates. The discovery of a dryas monkey killed by a hunter in the buffer zone of Lomami National Park in 2014 prompted field research on the species’ distribution, habitat use and stratum preference. We used local knowledge to determine the distribution of this species and to select sites for camera-trap surveys in Lomami National Park and its buffer zone. We employed a multi-strata (0–29 m) camera-trap placement technique to determine habitat use at Camp Bartho in Lomami National Park and Bafundo Forest in the Park's buffer zone. We confirmed the occurrence of the dryas monkey at seven locations over a total area of 3,453 km2, in both the Park and its buffer zone. Dryas monkeys were detected most frequently (2.22 events/100 trap-days) in disturbed areas of Bafundo Forest and less in mature forest in Camp Bartho (0.82 events/100 trap-days). Dryas monkeys appear to prefer structurally complex understories and forest edges. We found that camera traps at 2–10 m above ground over at least 365 trap-days are required to determine if the species is present. We recommend utilizing local knowledge and using this species-specific camera-trap method in other areas of the central Congo basin to determine the wider distribution of the dryas monkey.

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A new species of Typhonoya Prozorov (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae, Gastropachini) from the moist broadleaf forest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.5067.3.5 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5067 (3) ◽

pp. 417-428

Author(s):

ALEXEY M. PROZOROV ◽

TATIANA A. PROZOROVA ◽

JEAN JOSEPH MAPILANGA ◽

AXEL HAUSMANN ◽

GÜNTER C. MÜLLER ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

National Park ◽

Democratic Republic ◽

Buffer Zone ◽

Monotypic Genus ◽

Broadleaf Forest ◽

Republic Of The Congo ◽

One Year ◽

A New Species

The second species of the genus Typhonoya Prozorov 2011—T. kravchenkoi Prozorov, Müller & Zolotuhin sp. n. from the Democratic Republic of the Congo is described. A previously monotypic genus becomes bitypic. One paratype specimen was collected in the buffer zone of the southern part of the Salonga National Park during a one year-long stationary expedition (June 2017–June 2018). Spread imagoes, heads, legs, venations and genitalia of both species are figured and compared. Additional notes on the genus description and previously known species are added.

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Bushmeat hunting around Lomami National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Oryx ◽

10.1017/s0030605319001017 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-11 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Rodrigue Batumike ◽

Gerard Imani ◽

Christian Urom ◽

Aida Cuni-Sanchez

Keyword(s):

National Park ◽

Democratic Republic ◽

Buffer Zone ◽

Household Consumption ◽

Red River ◽

Income Generation ◽

Mammal Species ◽

Household Level ◽

Republic Of The Congo ◽

Preferred Species

Abstract For most of the Democratic Republic of the Congo quantitative data on bushmeat exploitation are scarce. We conducted focus group discussions on preferred species for household consumption and income generation in 24 villages around Lomami National Park, created in 2016. We also carried out a bushmeat market survey in Kindu, a major town in the study area, to estimate annual sales volumes and retail values. Villagers reported household consumption of 22 mammal species, with the most important being the African brush-tailed porcupine, Peters's duiker, bay duiker and red river hog. The latter three were also the most important for income generation. A greater number of smaller species were consumed at the household level, compared with those traded. A total of 17 mammal and one reptile species were traded in Kindu. Those traded in greater numbers were the African brush-tailed porcupine, blue and bay duiker, red river hog, red-tailed monkey and the sitatunga. We estimated > 40,000 carcasses were traded in Kindu annually, with a retail value of USD 725,000. Several species of conservation concern, such as the bonobo, were mentioned or observed. Few rodents and numerous large animals were traded in Kindu, suggesting resources have not yet been depleted. However, both villagers and urban vendors perceived a decline of many species and reported an increase in the use of firearms and the number of foreign hunters in the area. Among other interventions, we discuss how local communities could be encouraged to help preserve wildlife in the Park's buffer zone.

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Studying National Commemoration and Political Celebrations in Africa: The Online Archive African Independence Days

Africa Bibliography ◽

10.1017/s026667312000001x ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2019 ◽

pp. vii-xxviii

Author(s):

Marie-Christin Gabriel ◽

Carola Lentz

Keyword(s):

Burkina Faso ◽

Comparative Research ◽

Democratic Republic ◽

Nation Building ◽

African Countries ◽

Research Project ◽

Online Archive ◽

Republic Of The Congo ◽

History Of ◽

The Many

AbstractThe Department of Anthropology and African Studies (ifeas) at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz hosts a comprehensive archive on African Independence Day celebrations. Created in 2010, the archive is one of the outcomes of a large comparative research project on African national days directed by Carola Lentz. It offers unique insights into practices of as well as debates on national commemoration and political celebrations in Africa. The archive holds more than 28,000 images, including photographs, newspaper articles, documents, and objects from twelve African countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Madagascar, Mali, Namibia, Nigeria, and Tanzania. It primarily consists of an online photo and newspaper archive (https://bildarchiv.uni-mainz.de/AUJ/; https://www.blogs.uni-mainz.de/fb07-ifeas-eng/departmental-archives/online-archive-african-independence-days/); some of the material is also stored in the physical archive on African Independence Days at ifeas as well as in the department's ethnographic collection (https://www.blogs.uni-mainz.de/fb07-ifeas-eng/ethnographic-collection/). Most of the material concerns recent celebrations, but the collection has been complemented by some documentation of earlier festivities. Archives hold many stories while they also have a story to tell in their own right. This article discusses both aspects. It first traces the history of the Online Archive African Independence Days at ifeas. It then provides an overview of the different categories of material stored in the archive and tells a few of the many stories that the photos, texts and objects contain. We hope to demonstrate that the archive holds a wealth of sources that can be mined for studies on national commemoration and political celebrations in Africa, and, more generally, on practices and processes of nation-building and state-making.

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Genetic legacy of state centralization in the Kuba Kingdom of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ◽

10.1073/pnas.1811211115 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 116 (2) ◽

pp. 593-598 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Lucy van Dorp ◽

Sara Lowes ◽

Jonathan L. Weigel ◽

Naser Ansari-Pour ◽

Saioa López ◽

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Keyword(s):

Large Scale ◽

Democratic Republic ◽

Central Province ◽

Genome Wide ◽

Genetic Patterns ◽

Genetic Impact ◽

Genome Wide Data ◽

Republic Of The Congo ◽

History Of ◽

State Centralization

Few phenomena have had as profound or long-lasting consequences in human history as the emergence of large-scale centralized states in the place of smaller scale and more local societies. This study examines a fundamental, and yet unexplored, consequence of state formation: its genetic legacy. We studied the genetic impact of state centralization during the formation of the eminent precolonial Kuba Kingdom of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the 17th century. We analyzed genome-wide data from over 690 individuals sampled from 27 different ethnic groups from the Kasai Central Province of the DRC. By comparing genetic patterns in the present-day Kuba, whose ancestors were part of the Kuba Kingdom, with those in neighboring non-Kuba groups, we show that the Kuba today are more genetically diverse and more similar to other groups in the region than expected, consistent with the historical unification of distinct subgroups during state centralization. We also found evidence of genetic mixing dating to the time of the Kingdom at its most prominent. Using this unique dataset, we characterize the genetic history of the Kasai Central Province and describe the historic late wave of migrations into the region that contributed to a Bantu-like ancestry component found across large parts of Africa today. Taken together, we show the power of genetics to evidence events of sociopolitical importance and highlight how DNA can be used to better understand the behaviors of both people and institutions in the past.

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Cuban Corals in East Berlin’s Natural History Museum, 1967–74

Representations ◽

10.1525/rep.2018.141.1.3 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 141 (1) ◽

pp. 3-19

Author(s):

Manuela Bauche

Keyword(s):

Coral Reef ◽

Natural History ◽

German Democratic Republic ◽

Democratic Republic ◽

Natural History Museum ◽

Diplomatic Relations ◽

History Museum ◽

History Of

This essay reconstructs the history of a coral-reef diorama, the outcome of a German Democratic Republic expedition to Cuba, that was displayed in East Berlin’s Natural History Museum in 1967 on the occasion of the GDR’s twenty-fifth anniversary. The paper investigates how the practice of socialist internationalism influenced the diorama’s coming into being, arguing that while official diplomatic relations between Cuba and the GDR were a prerequisite for the expedition, nongovernmental contacts were central to both the initiation and execution of the project. It also demonstrates how the diorama’s display was informed more by national and institutional concerns than by the rhetoric and policies of internationalism.

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Inquiry-Based Geology Field Course for In-Service Educators

The UW National Parks Service Research Station Annual Reports ◽

10.13001/uwnpsrc.2014.4065 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 37 ◽

pp. 124-125

Author(s):

David Harwood ◽

Kyle Thompson

Keyword(s):

Natural History ◽

South Dakota ◽

National Park ◽

Grand Teton National Park ◽

Excellent Opportunity ◽

History Of ◽

Teton Range ◽

Park Area

Eight in-service teachers and two instructors engaged in an inquiry-based geology field course from June 14 to 29, 2014 through Wyoming, South Dakota, and Nebraska. This team of learners spent three days in mid-June working in the Grand Teton National Park area. The UW-NPS facilities provide an excellent opportunity for participants to discover the natural history of the Teton Range, as well as close-out a few projects while sitting in a real chair, at a real table, a welcome change from our usual campground setting.

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The Kilwa Massacre: Critical Analysis for a Southern Criminology

International Journal for Crime Justice and Social Democracy ◽

10.5204/ijcjsd.v9i2.1397 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 135-147

Author(s):

Kim Lah ◽

Anthony Collins

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Democratic Republic ◽

Structural Violence ◽

Colonial Power ◽

Human Rights Abuses ◽

Criminal Violence ◽

Political Interests ◽

Republic Of The Congo ◽

History Of ◽

International Systems

This paper explores the 2004 Kilwa massacre in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) through a decolonial perspective, explaining how the massacre is situated within the history of colonial power and global capitalist relations. As such, the convergence of mining and political interests that created the context in which this violence was possible is examined, rather than the specific human rights abuses committed during the massacre. This approach highlights how such acts of violence are an ongoing factor of colonial and postcolonial exploitation, as well as the difficulties in holding the responsible parties accountable. This investigation shows the importance of developing a decolonial Southern criminology that contextualizes human rights abuses within local and international systems of power and locates acts of criminal violence within the broader networks of structural violence.

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Repenser Le Rôle Des Institutions De Conservation De La Nature À L’ère De La Globalisation En Afrique: À Propos Du Parc National De La Salonga (RDC)

European Scientific Journal ESJ ◽

10.19044/esj.2017.v13n11p92 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 13 (11) ◽

pp. 92

Author(s):

Mampeta Wabasa Salomon

Keyword(s):

Protected Areas ◽

National Park ◽

Local Community ◽

Democratic Republic ◽

Central Africa ◽

The Other ◽

African Countries ◽

Republic Of The Congo ◽

Contemporary Management

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the protectionist conservatism influenced by colonialism, which exploited African countries for the prosperity of the colonizing countries, still has a high visibility in the Salonga National Park (PNS). If, in theory, the Central Africans seem to free themselves from the colonial powers on their land, in practice they are still there. The hostility of settlers who have become neo-colonists to the development of Central Africa remains intact, he adds (Ndinga, 2003). This reflects a "logic from above" that has disregarded local values. Yet, in the era of sustainable development and globalization, African protected areas appear to be essential tools for States to reposition themselves in a complex set of actors with the aim of capturing and using the new environmental rent (Giraut, Guyot, & Houssay-Holzschuch, 2003). This is a "bottom-up logic", placing people at the heart of all activities and aiming to reorganize their long-term relationships with the environment. From these two logics, a third "logic from the other side" emerges, reflecting a collective awareness of the fragility of the planet. The restoration of the rights of Africans in the various national frameworks constitutes a major challenge for the contemporary management of African protected areas. Because the protected areas inherited from the different colonial systems must accompany the change in management methods and the redefinition of their functions in order to better serve the local community in the long-term.

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