Every year around March 3, the villagers of Lukolela did what they could to protect their houses, stayed indoors, and waited. Every year, the ‘3/3’ wind would roar up the Congo River on cue, batter the village for a day or two, and disappear. But t…
An estimated 83 % of people in the Congo Basin rely on charcoal and firewood for their cooking and energy needs. The trade is a major contributor to deforestation – a driver of climate change.
Deep in the Yoko Forest Reserve, across the Congo River from Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Consolate Kaswera Kyamakya is checking her traps. But Kaswera is no hunter. She’s a scientist, about to complete her PhD at the University of …
Agricultural and forestry institutions should partner up when conducting research aimed at determining activities that will be most beneficial to communities and the environment, said scientists with the Center for International Forestry Research.
