After two years of working with local people and the Congolese wildlife authorities (ICCN) to gazette the Lomako-Yokokala Faunal Reserve – the 3,600 sq km protected forest in which LCSC is located, the Lomako Conservation Science Center (LCSC) is finally finished and ready to house scientists and conservationists who will be studying the Reserves's bonobos - the least known of the great apes. Its laboratory houses computers, scientific equipment, and other sensitive gear, with solar panels provide electricity throughout camp and, incredibly, there is satellite internet, enabling researchers to stay connected to the world from this remote section of the DRC.

Read more on the AWF website.