Okapi: new book celebrates a once famous animal and recovers Indigenous experts’ place in its history

By Simon Pooley, FLS, Lambert Reader in Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Birkbeck, University of LondonAugust 20, 2026

The okapi’s story reveals how Indigenous knowledge shaped its discovery, while colonialism, mining and conflict now threaten this remarkable rainforest animal.

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