Since 2021, relations between the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN)/Itombwe Nature Reserve (INR) and the local population of the Itombwe Nature Reserve have deteriorated, with consequences for activities in the reserve. A large part of the reserve was not monitored from 2021 until early 2024, in particular the gorilla concentration zones, such as the Basile village group and the Kigogo village group at Luindi. A few patrols were carried out in the Ulindi sector, in a zone close to Mwenga. This conflict has caused the deterioration of the good relations that previously existed between these chiefdoms and the ICCN, leading to the degradation of biodiversity and the…