Research network on the forests of central Africa - R2FAC

How can we improve polices, strategies and modes of intervention on every level so as to ensure the long-term preservation of the Congo Basin forests and food security for the people who derive a living from them?

The preservation of the Congo Basin forests and of the services they provide lies at the heart of many environmental, agro-economic, social, governance and territorial issues. Research is supporting efforts to improve forest management and forestry policy, to understand the effects of global change and to study and preserve biodiversity.

Partnership

Cameroon

Agricultural Research Institute for Development (Irad)
University of Dschang
University of Yaoundé 1

Gabon

Institute for Research in Tropical Ecology (Iret)
University of Science and National Higher Institute of Agronomy and Biotechnology (INSAB/USTM)

Central African Republic

Central African Institute for Agricultural Research (Icra)
University of Bangui

Democratic Republic of Congo

National Institute for Agronomic Study and Research (Inera)
University of Kisangani (UNIKIS)

Republic of Congo

National Institute of Forestry Research (IRF)
Marien N'Gouabi University

Belgium

University of Liège

France

Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD)
French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD)

International

Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)