A global assessment on the importance of the forest ecosystems for the eradication of poverty has been written by the Global Forest Experts Panel (GFEP) and published by the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO). Picture above from the report and by © Terry Sunderland.
Teamwork makes the research work: trials and tribulations from field work in the Congo Basin
Since 2019 the WWF DRC, in Partnership with the Africa Museum, worked in the schools surrounding the Luki MAB reserve to assess suitable means of raising environmental awareness and the challenges and rewards of protecting the forest.
The Manzonzi savannah, located in the Bas Congo province near the Luki MAB reserve, is a remarkable study site for the regeneration of woodlands from a savannah ecosystem. Here is an overview of the fieldwork lead in the framework of the PilotMAB project.
An overview of the scientific richness of the Nkula forest within the Luki Man and Biosphere reserve. Fieldwork and studies are, and have been, conducted there as part of the PilotMAB project.
What is the nature of post-field data handling ? This blogpost offers an insight on the follow-up of a field campaign in the rainforest.
In the continuity of the work done in the Man and Biosphere Reserves of Yangambi, a measurement campaign was conducted in permanent plots of the Yoko reserve.
Details on the fieldwork, the methods employed, and the prospects for the data acquired.Details on the fieldwork, the methods employed, and the prospects for the data acquired.
An insight on how the anatomical features of wood samples can teach us about the growth dynamics of trees at the individual scale as well as for whole forest ecosystems. Article based on studies currently conducted at the Africa Museum of Tervuren and focusing on the Entandrophragma genus.
