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Poaching in Central Africa imperils wildlife, is illegal and undermines the sustainability of local livelihoods while legitimising a corrupted attitude between people and protected areas. The project uses robust but innovative technology, centred on acoustic monitoring, to design, implement and evaluate anti-poaching strategies, leading to the development of a novel decision-support system to be rolled out across Central Africa. Developed first for Korup NP (Cameroon), this evidence-based anti-poaching protocol is intended to efficiently protect wildlife source populations within protected areas, while laying the foundation for sustainable forest uses, and thus increased food security, job opportunities, and – ultimately – poverty alleviation