![A pair of critically endangered bonobo chimpanzees in the Mai Ndombe project, Democratic Republic of the Congo.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20300%20300'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
D.R. Congo
Mai Ndombe
Protects the most threatened frontier of the Congo Basin rainforest
Conserves critical habitat for bonobos, mankind's closest living relative
![Nancy Mansarray, a Gola Rainforest local, with nursery plants.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20300%20300'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Sierra Leone
Gola Rainforest
Protects the largest rainforest in Sierra Leone
Internationally recognised biodiversity hotspot