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The Congo Basin Science Initiative is joining members of the Scientific and Academic College (SAC) of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) at the 26th IUFRO World Congress, a global gathering of forest stakeholders in Stockholm from 23-29 June 2024. Come and meet us if you are in Stockholm: together with SAC colleagues we will be hosting booth A01:01 in Exhibition Hall A at Stockholmsmässan, Mässvägen 1, 125 80 Stockholm. Over the course of the week there will be a … Read more

We are excited to share details of our side event at the Congo Basin Forest Partnership Meeting of Parties. The Congo Basin Science Initiative (CBSI) is co-hosting the event with the Science Panel for the Congo Basin (SPCB). It will provide an update on the progress of SPCB and CBSI since the launch of the two initiatives in 2023. Speakers from SPCB and CBSI will be joined by panellists from other regional initiatives to discuss scientific collaboration for sustainable development … Read more

In the Congo Basin Science Initiative Science and Capacity Plan, we highlight the need for researchers and students in the Congo Basin to have access to a fund where they can speedily and efficiently apply for small amounts of funding for field data collection, equipment purchase, or visits to other institutions to learn a skill or carry out analysis. This allows central African researchers to have autonomy to do science, and not be constrained by only participating in projects funded … Read more

On 21-22 February 2024, the Congo Basin Institute and the Center for International Forestry Research, in partnership with University of Yaoundé 1, co-hosted the PANGEA Africa workshop in Yaoundé, Cameroon.

Co-chairs of the Congo Basin Science Initiative, Prof Raphael Tshimanga (University of Kinshasa), Prof Simon Lewis (University of Leeds / UCL) and CBSI colleagues are speaking at the following events: Date & Time Event title Join Sun 3 Dec 10:00-11:30 GST Congo Basin Science Initiative: Research and capacity building to confront the climate and biodiversity crises and promote sustainable development Including speakers Prof Raphael Tshimanga and Prof Simon Lewis Gabon Pavilion Sun 3 Dec16:00-17:30 GST Launch of the Science Panel … Read more