Building a Sustainable Africa Together.
Our mission is to find integrative solutions which conserve the environment and meet the needs of the developing world.
The Congo Basin Institute is a joint initiative of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture and UCLA. IITA and UCLA are leading a multi-institutional initiative to develop the Congo Basin Institute to be a model for how universities, NGOs, and private businesses can partner in international development.
Higher education in Central Africa faces numerous challenges. Limited resources and infrastructure mean the brightest students leave their home countries to study or work abroad. This brain drain means those best skilled to solve problems are not in the region.
Accommodations for researchers and students in Yaoundé and at the research field station in the Dja Faunal Reserve can be organized. Learn about labs, field stations, accommodations, and securing research permits.
The rainforests of the Congo Basin are being lost at an accelerating rate, causing habitat degradation, biodiversity loss, and ecosystem service declines. Sustaining these forests depends on the presence and movement of animals responsible for dispersing seeds of trees.
Preserving indigenous and local knowledge of the Congo Basin Rainforest.
The Ebony Project is a partnership where business, communities, and researchers work together to protect a valuable timber species, reforest degraded land, address local food security issues, and improve rural livelihoods.
Working with the Congo Basin Institute and Peter Houlihan, the FieldKit team is deploying a series of stations in the Dja Faunal Reserve, one of the largest and best-protected rainforests in Africa.
By determining the suitability of crops in specific locations, researchers can provide advice like planting dates and variety selection so that farmers can mitigate the impact of climate change.
