These are important scientific papers about the Congo Basin to show which analyses have been done and what CBSI will build on. As nature does not fit neatly into categories, what is included in each grouping will evolve.
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2025
Minette Nago, Bob Ward, Dany Pokem, and Kanta Kumari Rigaud (2025) ‘A fair deal for the sustainable development of the Congo Basin countries and the protection of the rainforest‘, London: Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science.
Science Panel for the Congo Basin (SPCB): 2025 Congo Basin Assessment Report. Congo Basin Resilience and Sustainability: From the Past to the Future.
Benjamin M. Kitambo, Sly Wongchuig, Raphael M. Tshimanga, Adrien Paris, Alejandro Blazquez, Daniel Moreira, Frederic Frappart, Ayan Santos Fleischmann, Jean-Marie O. Kileshye, Mohammad J. Tourian, Fabrice Papa (2025) ‘Hydrogeological control of groundwater variations in the Congo River basin revealed by Grace Water Storage Change Decomposition’, Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 62, p. 102810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2025.102810.
Sly Wongchuig, Fabrice Papa, Ayan Santos Fleischmann, Juan Pablo Sierra, Julien Boucharel, Jhan Carlo Espinoza, Benjamin Kitambo, Rômulo Jucá Oliveira, Adrien Paris, Rodrigo Paiva, Pauline Casas & Raphael Tshimanga (2025) ‘Recent significant drying in central Congo Basin linked to weakened Walker circulation and warmer Atlantic‘, Nature News. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-025-01225-3.
2024
Paul Gérard Gbetkom, Jean-François Crétaux, Sylvain Biancamaria, Alejandro Blazquez, Adrien Paris, Michel Tchilibou, Laetitia Gal, Benjamin Kitambo, Rômulo Augusto Jucá Oliveira, Marielle Gosset (2024) ‘Lake Tanganyika basin water storage variations from 2003–2021 for water balance and flood monitoring‘, Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment (RSASE). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2024.101182.
2023
Benjamin M. Kitambo, Fabrice Papa, Adrien Paris, Raphael M. Tshimanga, Frederic Frappart, Stephane Calmant, Omid Elmi, Ayan Santos Fleischmann, Melanie Becker, Mohammad J. Tourian, Rômulo A. Jucá Oliveira, and Sly Wongchuig (2023) ‘A long-term monthly surface water storage dataset for the Congo basin from 1992 to 2015‘, Earth System Science Data, Volume 15, issue 7, ESSD, 15, 2957–2982, 2023. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-2957-2023.
Mohammad J. Tourian, Fabrice Papa, Omid Elmi, Nico Sneeuw, Benjamin Kitambo, Raphael M. Tshimanga, Adrien Paris & Stéphane Calmant (2023) ‘Current availability and distribution of Congo Basin’s freshwater resources‘, Communications Earth & Environment, volume 4, Article number: 174 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00836-z.
Selena Georgiou, Edward T. A. Mitchard, Bart Crezee, Greta C. Dargie, Dylan M. Young, Antonio J. Jovani-Sancho, Benjamin Kitambo, Fabrice Papa, Yannick E. Bocko, Pierre Bola, Dafydd E. Crabtree, Ovide B. Emba, Corneille E. N. Ewango, Nicholas T. Girkin, Suspense A. Ifo, Joseph T. Kanyama, Yeto Emmanuel Wenina Mampouya, Mackline Mbemba, Jean-Bosco N. Ndjango, Paul. I. Palmer, Sofie Sjögersten and Simon L. Lewis (2023) ‘Mapping Water Levels across a Region of the Cuvette Centrale Peatland Complex‘ Remote Sens. 2023, 15(12), 3099; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15123099
2022
Benjamin Kitambo, Fabrice Papa, Adrien Paris, Raphael M. Tshimanga, Stephane Calmant, Ayan Santos Fleischmann, Frederic Frappart, Melanie Becker, Mohammad J. Tourian, Catherine Prigent, and Johary Andriambeloson (2022) ‘A combined use of in situ and satellite-derived observations to characterize surface hydrology and its variability in the Congo River basin‘, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Volume 26, issue 7. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-1857-2022.
2021
Lee J. T. White, Eve Bazaiba Masudi, Jules Doret Ndongo, Rosalie Matondo, Arlette Soudan-Nonault, Alfred Ngomanda, Ifo Suspense Averti, Corneille E. N. Ewango, Bonaventure Sonké & Simon L. Lewis (2021) ‘Congo Basin rainforest — invest US$150 million in science‘, Nature, 598, 411-414. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02818-7.
