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Okapi Wildlife Reserve - Test
Contributed by: Bryan
  • 1. What was the primary aim of the Mai-Mai Simba rebel faction at Muchacha mining camp?
A) To promote tourism in the region
B) To protect wildlife within the Okapi Wildlife Reserve
C) To establish a new government in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
D) To liberate the local population from the reserve's land use restrictions
  • 2. Who announced operation Safisha to clear the reserve of rebel forces and mining operations?
A) Kong Maohuai
B) Paul Sadala
C) Colonel Lucien Gedeon Lokumu
D) The United Nations Group of Experts
  • 3. What did the June 2021 report from the United Nations Group of Experts highlight about mining within the reserve?
A) Increased tourism due to mining
B) Successful rehabilitation of mined areas
C) The complete halt of all mining activities
D) Concerns about semi-industrialized dredging operations operating south of Bandegaido
  • 4. Which company was operating at the Muchacha mine?
A) Kimia Mining Investment Sarl
B) Mai-Mai Simba
C) CODELT
D) ACEDH
  • 5. What illegal activity did FARDC troops engage in at the mining site?
A) Distributing mining permits
B) Rehabilitating mined land
C) Mining gold themselves
D) Guarding the mining site illegally
  • 6. How much gold was seized by Congolese authorities from the Muchaha mine in June 2021?
A) $500,000 worth of diamonds
B) 31 kg of gold, about $1.9 million
C) 50 kg of gold
D) No gold was seized
  • 7. Which organizations blame mining operations for destroying pristine rainforest within the reserve?
A) CODELT and ACEDH
B) United Nations Group of Experts
C) FARDC and Mai-Mai Simba
D) Kimia Mining Investment Sarl
  • 8. Who led the attack on the Epulu Conservation and Research Center in June 2012?
A) The Allied Democratic Forces
B) Kong Maohuai
C) Colonel Lucien Gedeon Lokumu
D) Paul Sadala (AKA Morgan)
  • 9. How many okapis were killed during the 2012 attack on the Epulu Conservation and Research Center?
A) All okapis at the center
B) None, they all survived
C) Only one
D) 13 of 14
  • 10. What was the outcome for the locals abducted during the 2012 attack on the Epulu Conservation and Research Center?
A) All were released later
B) They were taken to another country
C) They remained captive indefinitely
D) They escaped on their own
  • 11. When did the attack near Mambasa in the reserve occur?
A) June 2021
B) 14 July 2017
C) 24 June 2012
D) March 2026
  • 12. How many local reserve employees were killed during the 2017 attack near Mambasa?
A) Thirteen
B) None
C) Five (four wardens and a tracker)
D) Two
  • 13. Which terrorist group was warned against by COSAE in March 2026 for threatening the reserve?
A) United Nations Group of Experts
B) Allied Democratic Forces
C) Kimia Mining Investment Sarl
D) Mai-Mai Simba
  • 14. What event did the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) carry out earlier in March 2026?
A) A massacre killing 50 civilians in villages near the reserve
B) An attack on a mining camp
C) A peace treaty signing
D) A wildlife conservation conference
  • 15. What year was the Okapi Wildlife Reserve designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
A) 2005
B) 1989
C) 1996
D) 2012
  • 16. Which river is NOT mentioned as flowing through the Okapi Wildlife Reserve?
A) Nepoko River
B) Nile River
C) Epulu River
D) Ituri River
  • 17. What type of trees dominate the Ituri Forest within the reserve?
A) Baobab trees
B) Acacia trees
C) Palm trees
D) Mbau trees (Gilbertiodendron dewevrei)
  • 18. What is the estimated global population of okapis as of 1996?
A) 25,000–30,000
B) 50,000–100,000
C) 10,000–20,000
D) 5,000–10,000
  • 19. Which species of cycad is protected by granite outcrops in the reserve?
A) Zamia furfuracea
B) Cycas revoluta
C) Dioon edule
D) Encephalartos ituriensis
  • 20. How many primate species are found in the Ituri Forest?
A) 25
B) 30
C) 17
D) 10
  • 21. Which bird species is endangered and endemic to the Congo Basin?
A) Vulturine guineafowl
B) Congo peafowl
C) Helmeted guineafowl
D) African grey parrot
  • 22. Who founded the Epulu Conservation and Research Center?
A) Patrick Putnam
B) Louis Leakey
C) Dian Fossey
D) Jane Goodall
  • 23. What year did a rebel attack kill the facility's captive okapis at the Epulu Conservation and Research Center?
A) 2005
B) 2018
C) 1997
D) 2012
  • 24. How many species of birds are identified within the reserve?
A) 100-200
B) 500-600
C) Over 370
D) 50-100
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