The Sangha River Network

1997 September: Yale University, USA

This conference was held at Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA 25-28 September 1997 and brought together a wide array of professionals involved with conservation and resource use in the Trinational Sangha River Region. Formal presentations concerning the region’s history, knowledge forms, conservation approaches, and policies were given. It was, for many participants, the first time they had been able to directly benefit from and engage in discussions with other professionals from different disciplines who have conducted long-term research in the region.

It was during the final day of this conference that the Sangha River Network itself was created by our International Steering Committee. The overwhelming response from the participants at the meeting suggested that face-to-face gatherings of this type were essential for long-term collaboration regarding the region. It was also at this meeting that the majority of participants voted to support the development of our Sangha River Network Website to facilitate multi-national information exchange.

Here, thanks to the generosity of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Bulletin Series and its editor, Assistant Dean Jane Coppock, we are pleased to provide you with complete versions in PDF of the conference proceedings in both French and English. For the English language version, please scroll down this page. For the French Language version, please click here. 

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