René Ngongo

{{short description|Congolese biologist and political activist}}

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| image = Right Livelihood Award 2009-press conference-13.jpg

| caption = Ngongo in 2009

| birth_date = October {{birth year and age|1961}}

| birth_place = Goma, Republic of the Congo

| education = University of Kisangani

| occupation = * biologist

• environmentalist

| awards = * In 2009, René Ngongo received the Right Livelihood Award

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René Ngongo (born October 1961 in Goma, Republic of the Congo) 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 (Organisation Concertée des Ecologistes et Amis de la Nature) in order to protect the DRC's natural resources.

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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”.{{cite news|url=http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/greenpeace-staff-member-wins-a-131009|title=Press Release|publisher=Greenpeace|accessdate=2009-10-13}}