For further information

CIRAD Regional Office

Contact

Congo

Eric Forni
CIRAD, UPR BSEF
Animator
Courriel
Tel: +242 05 680 89 73

France

Laurence Boutinot
CIRAD, UPR Forests and Societies
Correspondent
Courriel

Forests of Central Africa - FAC

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

Central Africa

  • Central Africa Forests Commission (COMIFAC)

Cameroon

  • Fondation Paul Ango Ela de géopolitique en Afrique centrale (FPAE)
  • Institut de recherche agricole pour le développement (IRAD)
  • Ministère des forêts et de la faune (MINFOF/DPT)
  • Ministère de la recherche scientifique et de l'innovation (MINRESI)
  • University of Yaounde 1
  • Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR, CGIAR)

Gabon

  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CENAREST)
  • Centre international de recherches médicales de Franceville (CIRMF)
  • Institut de recherche en écologie tropicale (IRET)
  • Masuku University of Science and Technology (USTM)

Central African Republic

  • Institut centrafricain de recherche agronomique (ICRA)
  • University of Bangui.

Democratic Republic of Congo

  • Ecole régionale postuniversitaire d'aménagement et de gestion intégrée des forêts et territoires tropicaux (ERAIFT)
  • Institut de l'environnement et de recherches agricoles (INERA)
  • University of Kinshasa
  • University of Kisangani

Republic of Congo

  • Centre de recherches sur la durabilité et la productivité des plantations industrielles (CRDPI)
  • International Ranger Federation (IRF)
  • Marien N’Gouabi University

Belgium

  • University of Liège: Gembloux Agro Bio-Tech
  • Nature +

France

  • Association technique internationale des bois tropicaux (ATIBT)
  • Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD)
  • French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD)