Benjamin Ntumba is a national of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and holds a master’s degree in biodiversity management and sustainable forest management from the University of Kisangani (UNIKIS). He has worked in various provinces of the DRC : Tshopo (Bafwasende, Banalia, Basoko), Ituri (Mambasa), Bas-Uelé (Buta, Aketi), Mongala (Lisala, Bumba, Bongandanga) and in […]

He is a lecturer and researcher in agricultural economics at the Institut Facultaire des Sciences Agronomiques de Yangambi, DRC. His research, teaching and consultancy work focuses on Climate Change: Adaptation and Mitigation, Applied Macroeconomics and Microeconomics, Tropical Deforestation and Agricultural Development, Econometric Modelling, Agricultural Practices, Impacts of Public Policies on the Environment and Ecosystem Services. […]

Jonas Muhindo is a national of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and he holds a Bachelor Degree in Ecology and Wildlife Conservation from the University of Kisangani (UNIKIS) since 2009. He has worked in Lomami National Park, Rubi Télé Reserve and in the Tshopo Province for several projects related to wildlife management and conservation […]

Emmanuela Mbangale is originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and holds a master’s degree in biodiversity management and sustainable forest management from the University of Kisangani (UNIKIS) since 2018. She has worked for the provincial Ministry of the Environment, the national tourism office and the Congolese Organization of Ecologists and Friends of Nature […]

Jonas Kambale Nyumu is a researcher interested in the socioeconomic aspects of bushmeat and wildlife conservation. He has worked as consultant for CIFOR for since 2016 on reducing the hunting pressure on wildlife in the Yangambi landscape, DRC. After the completion of his master’s degree at the University of Kisangani (UNIKIS) in Wildlife management, in […]

Sagesse Nziavake is a national of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and holds a postgraduate diploma in Biodiversity Management and Sustainable Forest Management from the University of Kisangani (UNIKIS) since 2018. She has worked in the Yangambi landscape, in local community forest concessions (CFCL) in Bafwasende, Tshopo; and in Bas-Uélé, Mongala for several projects […]

Muvatsi Lwanga is a national of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and holds a master’s degree in biodiversity management and sustainable forest management from the University of Kisangani (UNIKIS) since 2015. He is also a PhD student in governance and regional integration at the Institute of governance, humanities and social sciences of the Panafrican […]

Clément Jashopokwo is a national of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and he holds a degree in agricultural economics from the Faculty Institute of Agronomic Sciences of Yangambi (IFA-Yangambi) since 2016. He did his master’s degree in management Biodiversity and Sustainable Forest Management at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Kisangani (UNIKIS). […]