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Training, Coordination, and Collaboration: Helping Central African Countries Fight Illegal Logging The International Police Organization (INTERPOL) estimates that 15% to 30% of all globally traded wood has been illegally harvested. Around the world, illegal logging is a leading cause of deforestation, and Central African forests, many of which contain highly desired exotic species and old … Read more

Meet Dr. René Siwe Ngamabou! The U.S. Forest Service Central Africa Program, supported by the U.S. Department of State, is excited to welcome René as our new Climate Fellow based in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. For the next few years, René will be embedded in Congo’s Ministry of Forest Economy to help evaluate and … Read more

Collaborating for Change: U.S. Forest Service International Programs Holds Round Table Discussion at Forest Governance Forum From October 30th to the 31st, 2018, the 11th annual Forest Governance Forum was held in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, hosted by Citizen Voices for Change (CV4C) in collaboration with the Congo Basin Forest Partnership. This forum focused … Read more

Capacity Building for Carbon Accounting: Watch the Video The U.S. Forest Service International Programs, in partnership with the Carbon Institute, is working in Central Africa to help governments, universities and technical partners get access to the most up-to-date carbon accounting methods to protect and preserve the Congo Basin forest.https://youtu.be/OnwKgM9IIys Read more about our forest monitoring … Read more

Science Leadership to Protect Congo’s Rainforest Carbon Celebrated in the United States Following a terrestrial carbon accounting training held in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service International Programs, the Carbon Institute, the Regional Center for Agricultural Education in Cameroon, and the National Sciences Agronomy and Forestry School at Marien Ngouabi University in the Republic of … Read more