List of projects

Join a network of scientists with a shared interest in transforming our understanding of the world’s second largest rainforest and be part of a new generation of science leaders.

Applications are invited for full-time CBSI scholarships under the six CBSI Observatories:

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Biodiversity

Quels sont les effets de différents usages de terres sur la distribution mammalienne dans la zone de la Réserve scientifique de Mabali, République Démocratique du Congo ?

The team from Sweden and Kinshasa discuss field activity plans with the teams in Mabali.
PhD
48 months full-time
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Climate and Meteorology

Master en Ressources en Eau – Évaluation et caractérisation d’un nouveau jeu de données hydrométéorologiques avec les produits satellitaires et de reanalyses dans le bassin du Congo (HydroData–BC)

MSc
24 months full-time
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Land Cover and Land Use Change

Assessing the regional climate impacts of deforestation and forest degradation in the Congo Basin

PhD
48 months full-time
United Kingdom
Land Cover and Land Use Change

Cartographie  des politiques de gestion forestière et de leurs impacts sur la  dégradation des forêts dans le Bassin du Congo 

PhD
48 months full-time
Gabon
Land Cover and Land Use Change

Cartographie de la dégradation des forêts du Bassin du Congo

PhD
48 months full-time
Gabon
Socio-ecology

5 MSc en Anthropologie de l’Environnement +5 PhD en Anthropologie

MSc + PhD
51 months full-time
Gabon, United Kingdom
Climate and Meteorology

​​​The Congo Basin rainfall paradox 

PhD
48 months full-time
Cameroon
Vegetation, Soil and Biogeochemistry

Master en Géomatique forestière et environnementale ou Master en Agroforesterie

Mature Forest
MSc
24 months full-time
Gabon
Vegetation, Soil and Biogeochemistry

MSc in Forest and Agroforestry Ecosystem Management

Cocoa based agroforestry plot
MSc
24 months full-time
Cameroon
Hydrology and Freshwater

Hydrodynamic assessment of the Sangha Basin – sensitivity of flows to changes in climate and land use

Sangha River
PhD
42 months full-time
Cameroon
Vegetation, Soil and Biogeochemistry

Understanding the drivers of the central African intact forest carbon sink

PhD
48 months full-time
United Kingdom
Land Cover and Land Use Change

Cartographie de la régénération forestière des anciens sites forestiers, lien avec la pluviométrie

PhD
48 months full-time
Republic of the Congo
Biodiversity

Les poissons du bassin du Congo : diversité, distribution, abondance et interaction avec les mammifères

PhD
48 months full-time
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Hydrology and Freshwater

Master II in Earth and Universe Sciences

Sangha River
MSc
24 months full-time
Cameroon
Biodiversity

What drives patterns of biodiversity in the Congo Basin?

PhD
48 months full-time
United Kingdom
Hydrology and Freshwater

Master en Ressources en Eau (Observatoire d’Hydrologie et d’Eau Douce)

Many issues threatening water security in the Kasai basin, here the pictures show large scale water pollution from mines (red river), deficient monitoring station.
MSc
24 months full-time
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Climate and Meteorology

Variabilité diurne et saisonnière de la convection en Afrique centrale – comparaison entre différents types de végétation et leurs processus physiques associés

PhD
42 months full-time
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Biodiversity

Master en Aquaculture et gestion des écosystèmes aquatiques

Going out to the field, after discussing the field plans to lead the action from where it needs to happen.
MSc
24 months full-time
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Climate and Meteorology

Convection over the Congo Basin

PhD
48 months full-time
United Kingdom
Hydrology and Freshwater

Suivi et modélisation des flux hydrologiques sous les scénarios actuels et futurs d’utilisation des terres et de changement climatique dans le sous bassin de la rivière Kasaï, Bassin du Congo

Many issues threatening water security in the Kasai basin, here the pictures show large scale water pollution from mines (red river), deficient monitoring station.
PhD
42 months full-time
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Vegetation, Soil and Biogeochemistry

Evaluation of ecosystem services of agroforestry systems

Cocoa based agroforestry plot.
PhD
48 months full-time
Cameroon
Hydrology and Freshwater

Monitoring water flux dynamics between the Congo River main-stem and Cuvette Centrale wetlands

Measuring river flow in the Congo River during the Congo River users Hydraulics and Morphology project, together with supervisors, MSc and PhD students.
PhD
48 months full-time
United Kingdom
Vegetation, Soil and Biogeochemistry

Dynamique de la biomasse aérienne et évolution des stocks de carbone des forêts exploitées de manière sélective en Afrique centrale 

PhD
48 months full-time
Gabon
Biodiversity

Master en Science de Biodiversité et Conservation

MSc
24 months full-time
Democratic Republic of the Congo