The Sangha River Network

August 1997 Dzanga-Sanga, Central African Republic

The Regional and Rural Development Works Sessions held in the Dzanga-Sangha Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic, 31 July- 2 August 1997, were designed to:

• Contextualize and analyze the roles of scientific research as a process of rural development in protected areas of the trinational Sangha Region (Cameroon, CAR, Congo), and

• Establish the core of a broad and regionally based network for African researchers, be they based in a university, a local community or a project, for further collaboration on connected aspects of tropical forest management

These meetings brought together researchers, government personnel, and community members from the three nations and provided a unique opportunity for information exchange and planning. The reports from the meeting are provided in full (French) and summary formats (English and Sango). This meeting confirmed the unifying need among all stakeholder groups for open and collaborative exchange of information generated from field research throughout the region.

A copy of the proceedings can be downloaded in:

• English: Microsoft Word Format / Adobe PDF
• French: Adobe PDF
• Sango (national language of CAR): Microsoft Word Format / Adobe PDF

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