The Asociación Amigos de Doñana (AAD), a Spanish Non-governmental organization, launched a program for conservation and ecotourism development on Bioko island in 1995, with focus on conservation of the green sea turtles.
This was followed in 1996 and 1997 by studies of critically important areas for conservation of biological diversity involving the Ministry of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment.

The AAD conservation program, a new concept to Equatorial Guinea, included plans for environmental education and ecotourism, studies of species that are unusually interesting biologically and programs to domesticate forest animals.

Since 1996 a joint research program on the primate population has been carried out by Arcadia University of the US and the National University of Equatorial Guinea.

The Arcadia team has used innovative approaches including the use of a waterproofed computer with GPS location detection to record exactly when and where a particular animal was sighted.
 Thorough waterproofing was essential since, as a team member said, "this is a very wet place".
 It was hoped that the improvised tracking devices could be used and maintained by semi-literate local animal trackers.
Initial results were extremely encouraging.

A Spanish expedition of 2007 from the Technical University of Madrid is thought to be the first to have crossed the crater, considered by the local people to be a place where spirits dwell.
 The team used ropes to climb down the near-vertical one-kilometer high walls of the crater.

On the floor of the crater their guides had to hack a path through the dense jungle with machetes.

The expedition collected over 2,000 specimens of plants and animals, including 250 different types of butterfly.
 Perhaps 100 of the species may be new to science.
The Asociación Amigos de Doñana (AAD), a Spanish Non-governmental organization, launched a program for conservation and ecotourism development on Bioko island in 1995, with focus on conservation of the green sea turtles. This was followed in 1996 and 1997 by studies of critically important areas for conservation of biological diversity involving the Ministry of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment. 
The AAD conservation program, a new concept to Equatorial Guinea, included plans for environmental education and ecotourism, studies of species that are unusually interesting biologically and programs to domesticate forest animals.
Since 1996 a joint research program on the primate population has been carried out by Arcadia University of the US and the National University of Equatorial Guinea.
The Arcadia team has used innovative approaches including the use of a waterproofed computer with GPS location detection to record exactly when and where a particular animal was sighted.  Thorough waterproofing was essential since, as a team member said, "this is a very wet place".  It was hoped that the improvised tracking devices could be used and maintained by semi-literate local animal trackers. Initial results were extremely encouraging.
A Spanish expedition of 2007 from the Technical University of Madrid is thought to be the first to have crossed the crater, considered by the local people to be a place where spirits dwell.  The team used ropes to climb down the near-vertical one-kilometer high walls of the crater.
On the floor of the crater their guides had to hack a path through the dense jungle with machetes.
The expedition collected over 2,000 specimens of plants and animals, including 250 different types of butterfly.  Perhaps 100 of the species may be new to science.
Luba Crater Scientific Reserve