http://blog.cifor.org/11439/young-leaders-the-future-of-the-congos-forestry-research/ Thinking Beyond The Canopy Wed, 22 May 2013 02:43:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.cifor.org/11439/young-leaders-the-future-of-the-congos-forestry-research/#comment-239903 Ingrid Schulze Fri, 23 Nov 2012 15:35:58 +0000 http://blog.cifor.org/?p=11439#comment-239903 Thank you for this great article! It’s so important for people to read about the positive things happening in the DR Congo! I work with a valiant little rural development college in Djolu, Equateur Province (www.facebook.com/IsdrDjolu), which is training young people in sustainable agriculture, forestry, regional planning, and other rural sciences. Some of the visiting professors travel 300 miles by motorcycle and dugout canoe from Kisangani to teach at ISDR-Djolu. We are also raising funds to send some Djolu area students to the University of Kisangani to study forestry and agronomy.

]]> http://blog.cifor.org/11439/young-leaders-the-future-of-the-congos-forestry-research/#comment-235435 Kate Evans Sun, 18 Nov 2012 08:24:51 +0000 http://blog.cifor.org/?p=11439#comment-235435 Hi Maureen, thanks for getting in touch! The east of the DRC is quite dangerous right now (although there are still a lot of people working out there on all kinds of research and aid projects) but the west of the country, including Kisangani, is reasonably safe at the moment. The great thing about the project in Kisangani is that it is largely managed by Congolese – CIFOR helps to run it and the funding comes from the EC. That funding, as I understand it, completely covers the tuition fees for these students.

]]> http://blog.cifor.org/11439/young-leaders-the-future-of-the-congos-forestry-research/#comment-234956 Maureen Fischer Sat, 17 Nov 2012 17:53:18 +0000 http://blog.cifor.org/?p=11439#comment-234956 This is fascinating. I’m so gratified to read and hear (the videos are so enlightening!) about your work in this area. I was under the impression it was too dangerous for westerners to venture into the DRC in these ways because of the rebels. Evidently not. Are your workers in danger or is it relatively safe to do the valuable work you are doing? Are these students studying for the PhDs well to do? How do they pay for the education?

]]> http://blog.cifor.org/11439/young-leaders-the-future-of-the-congos-forestry-research/#comment-232538 Tim Upham Wed, 14 Nov 2012 05:00:42 +0000 http://blog.cifor.org/?p=11439#comment-232538 It is so appealing to see Congolese get the advanced education to study the dynamics of the tropical forests where they live. I have heard of some who were funded by grants from the European Union and European corporations — probably through the Belgian connection, because many Belgians still have close scientific ties to their former colonies. But they can truly start providing us with the essential information needed to preserve this highly endangered tropical forest.

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