The WEKO forest is located in the south of the Tshopo province, in the Isangi territory. The forest is fully located within the SODEFOR forest concession, where communities holding customary rights are supported by the Centre International de Recherche Forestière (CIFOR) as part of the wildlife component of the FORETS (Training and Research in Tshopo) project, with a view to community conservation. The main aim of the initiative is to preserve and restore wildlife species and their habitats. The WEKO forest is an important ecological corridor, providing a passageway for wildlife to the Yangambi biosphere reserve. Situated in the central basin of the Congo Basin, the WEKO forest is home to several types of forest ecosystem, including monodominant Gilbertiodendron dewevrei forests, and primary and secondary mixed forests, which provide special habitats for several animal species.