René Ngongo
René Ngongo is a Congolese biologist, environmentalist and political activist. Ngongo graduated from the University of Kisangani with a bachelor's degree in Biology in 1987. In 1994, he created the NGO OCEAN in order to protect the DRC's natural resources.
In 2009, René Ngongo received the Right Livelihood Award "for his courage in confronting the forces that are destroying the Congo’s rainforests and building political support for their conservation and sustainable use”.
