Spanning some 150 million hectares, the forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are among the most coveted in the world. In 2023, after four years of negotiations and bureaucratic hurdles, villages in the Yainyongo community secured official rights to 11,000 hectares in Tshopo Province.
Friday 6 March 2026
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Community forest in Eastern DR Congo tests promise of local control amid conflict
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