OELO – Organisation Ecologique des Lacs et de l’Ogooué

• Environmental education in local primary and secondary schools
• Raising community awareness to eliminate the illegal bush meat trade
• Facilitating biodiversity research
• Improve the sustainability of fisheries
• Promote ecotourism as a means to generate income through sustainable use of resources

The Organisation Ecologique des Lacs et de l’Ogooué (OELO) was created in November 2010, when residents of the Lac Oguemoué community came together to think about how to protect their lake and its environment for future generations. The first OELO project became an ecotourism site, Tsam Tsam, in order to create a source of income for local residents by protecting biodiversity while generating revenue for OELO’s conservation projects. In 10 years, OELO’s mission has expanded.