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02/23/2026

Meet The Forest Collective (Programme Communautaire Sapeli)🌳

Catherine lives in Mossapoula village, in the Dzanga-Sangha Protected Areas of the Central African Republic, deep in the Congo Basin. Her community selected her to be one of 30 Community Relays employed by Programme Communautaire Sapeli. These Community Relays install and monitor arboreal camera traps to monitor white-bellied and black-bellied pangolins in one of the world's most biodiverse tropical rainforests.
The project is establishing the first population baseline for these elusive pangolins in the Congo landscape using an innovative approach that links incentives with science. Wildlife detections convert directly into community benefits, deliberately valued higher than poaching returns. Pangolin protection no longer competes with community prosperity. The two now advance together.

Read more of Catherine's story in our World Pangolin Day report: https://hubs.ly/Q04445W-0

02/21/2026

For all the pangolin fans out there, happy 2026. Here is a black-belled pangolin on a camera trap around 15m (49ft) up in the tree canopy. Really showing off her balance!

This arboreal camera trap was placed by one of 10 village teams we employ in the Dzanga Sangha Protected Areas (Central African Republic) as part of an incentive-based Community Camera Trapping program made possible by the Pangolin Crisis Fund.

We’re incredibly grateful to the Pangolin Crisis Fund for choosing to highlight our work ahead of World Pangolin Day, al...
02/20/2026

We’re incredibly grateful to the Pangolin Crisis Fund for choosing to highlight our work ahead of World Pangolin Day, alongside other inspiring community-led projects in India and Kenya. 🐜🐜

Their continued support makes it possible for us to partner with communities in Dzanga Sangha to protect three species of Afrotropical pangolins while strengthening local livelihoods.

Protecting pangolins starts with protecting the ecosystems people depend on, and long-term conservation begins by centering communities as leaders, partners, and decision-makers.

Thank you for standing with us, and for championing community partnership as the beating heart of conservation. We’re proud to be part of this global network working to secure a future for pangolins and the forests they call home. ✨

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