Upemba National Park in DRC is one of the oldest and largest African wilderness at 13.000 KM2 (1.3 M ha) with an outstanding biodiversity that has lived in harmony for millions of years, until now. The park is facing some life threatening challenges!

• The park is facing extremely powerful pressure from extractive industries, any activity linked to these industries would undoubtedly destroy its ecosystem and pollute the waters of the lufira basin (https://bit.ly/lufirabasin) an internationally recognized wetland and river with endemic species that supply water to most DRC and Africa! These activities include illegal mining and extraction of other natural resources.

• Production on energy via Sombwe Dam (https://bit.ly/articledam) in the park itself represents a great threat to the park's ecosystem.

• Predatory poaching, illegal mining and lodging. These activities are carried out by multiple actors that include armed militias, local communities for subsistence and organized mafias. Their goal is to finance their criminal activities obtaining ivory from the elephants, coltan (that mineral on your phone), Copper, Tin and many other minerals.

Our plans include:

• Launch and fund regenerative finance (ReFi) communities and projects based on web3 that provide a sustainable income for the stedwards of nature.

• Provide a decent income to the hundreds of rangers that protect the park and risk their lives for nature.

• Run awareness campaigns that involve the international, national and local communities and advocate from the top (diplomacy) and the bottom (grassroots movements).

• Run sustainable development projects that allow supporting the local communities that live in poverty and fund to a proper level all the conservation activities that are already taking place.

For them, for us and for the planet: donate today.