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FINAL REPORT USFWS – Great Ape Conservation Fund

Community Drafting and Acceptance of Conservation Zoning across the Tshuapa-Lomami-Lualaba (TL2) Landscape

Assistance Award Agreement #96200-1-G103 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Great Ape Conservation Act

Lukuru Wildlife Research Foundation, Inc.

Project Director: Dr. Terese B. Hart

Start Date: 27 May 2011 End Date: 31 July 2012

This report covers: January 2012 – July 2012

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