A science, conservation and development hub in the heart of the Congo Basin

Yangambi is fast emerging as a global reference on how sustainably managed forests can serve as a driver for local development. Research, restoration and climate-smart agriculture activities are putting this landscape at the core of forestry innovation.

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Forests News . April 1, 2024
Proof of concept: The landscape approach yields results in DRC. The evolving Yangambi Engagement Landscape demonstrates what it takes
Birdsong greets visitors to the Yangambi Engagement Landscape’s base camp, ...
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Forests News . February 23, 2024
Fresh choices for hunters key to transforming wild meat trade: Improving management, creating livelihood alternatives in Yangambi, DRC
“When a hunter stands in front of a chimpanzee, he ...
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Forests News . January 24, 2024
“We will protect them ourselves”: Yangambi’s young conservation champions
Thirteen-year-old Olive Basekawike-Nyota, a student from Weko Village in the ...
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Forests News . January 19, 2024
The school that trees built: Environmental education pays off in the Yangambi Engagement Landscape (YEL), DRC
Until recently, the Bilaka School Complex, in the Yangambi Engagement ...
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A dynamic forest landscape

The Yangambi landscape covers an area of about 8,000 square kilometers in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Tshopo Province. It is characterized by a wide range of land uses and tenures, including protected areas, off-reserve forests, logging concessions, and arable land.

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