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Participative Management of the Sanctuary of Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) of Lossi in Republic of Congo-Brazzaville: Preliminary Results and Constraints Analysis. The gorilla sanctuary of Lossi experiments the synergy between scientific research and nature conservation. Three partners are involved in a management participative process. These partners include the Republic of Congo, the local community of Lossi and the European programme on the forest ecosystems in Central Africa. An investigation was carried out on the sanctuary of Lossi in 2003, in order to study in situ the effects generated by the participative management and to identify the constraints linked to the participative approach. The work of primatologists allowed the habituation of the gorillas to the human presence and opened eyesight tourism of western lowland gorillas. A camp for tourists and the access road to the sanctuary have been constructed. The tourism generated jobs in favour of the local population which is also a take-partner of contracts on road repairing. The income from the tourism allowed the construction of a health centre. However, the works of researchers and tourism activities failed during the outbreaks of the Ebola hemorrhagic fever and during the three civil war episodes. The consolidation and the long term of this process of co-management of natural resources of Lossi remains the establishment of a management that should include conservation, rural development and scientific research, with equitably in the distribution of gain between the partnerses.

Dynamic of Bush Meat Networks in the Continental Region of Rio Muni in Equatorial Guinea. The aim of this study was to do surveys about bush meat networks around urban centers near the Monte Alen National Park in Equatorial Guinea. During 8 weeks, in the Mundoasi market, one of two principal market of Bata, 4328 wild animal carcases have been indexed, representating 22,600 kg of biomass. A total of 48 animals species have been identified, including 14 which hunting are prohibited. The mammals represent 91.87% of total number with 3 dominants orders, ungulates (37.7%), primates (28.6%) and rodents (18%). The duiker (Cephalophus), the African Brushtailed Porcupine and Guenon are the most important. The district of Niefang, Bata and Evinayong are the principal sources of supply. Hunting with gun becomes very important, follow by snaring, a very wasteful method. Despite that this business squarely growth, signs of wildlife decrease are perceptible, showing evidence of overexploitation. As far as Monte Alen National Park is concerned, this study shows the positive effects of this protected area as wildlife reservoir for peripheral hunting zones.