Moabi DRC

Moabi Reports

Read reports on pressing land use and conservation issues, authored by Moabi users

Palm oil boom?

IIASA scientists map where palm oil could expand in the Democratic Republic of Congo to become a major palm oil producer

Community mapping

The Extreme Citizen Science Research Group (ExCiteS) at University College London leads a training with indigenous communities in Equateur Province on participatory mapping of local resources.

Will drc palm oil plantations cause forest loss?

With vast tracks of tropical forest straddling the equator, an abundance of freshwater, and a favorable climate, DRC could follow Indonesia and become a major exporter of palm oil. Questions remain, however, on when and where this expansion will occur as well as the potential impacts the industry could pose to DRC’s...

Redd+ risk

Future forest loss in DRC is very uncertain. Decades of conflict and under investment have prevented the industrial scale of forestry and agricultural activities that characterized deforestation in Brazil and Indonesia – the other two large rainforest countries. As the country stabilizes, deforestation will increase...