Lek-associated movement of a putative Ebolavirus reservoir, the hammer-headed fruit bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus), in northern Republic of Congo. by Sarah H Olson, Gerard Bounga, Alain Ondzie, Trent Bushmaker, Stephanie N Seifert, Eeva Kuisma, Dylan W Taylor, Vincent J Munster, Chris Walzer

“…The acoustic lek mating behavior of the hammer-headed bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus) in the Congo basin was first described in the 1970s. More recently molecular testing implicated this species and other African bats as potential reservoir hosts for Ebola virus and it was one of only two fruit bat species epidemiologically linked to the 2008 Luebo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ebola outbreak. …”
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Identifying the Most Probable Mammal Reservoir Hosts for Monkeypox Virus Based on Ecological Niche Comparisons by Manon Curaudeau, Camille Besombes, Emmanuel Nakouné, Arnaud Fontanet, Antoine Gessain, Alexandre Hassanin

“…Our results show that the MPXV niche covers three African rainforests: the Congo Basin, and Upper and Lower Guinean forests. The four mammal species showing the best niche overlap with MPXV are all arboreal rodents, including three squirrels: <i>Funisciurus anerythrus</i>, <i>Funisciurus pyrropus</i>, <i>Heliosciurus rufobrachium</i>, and <i>Graphiurus lorraineus</i>. …”
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Gestion integree des ressources en eau et objectifs du millenaire pour le developpement en Afrique : Cas du Cameroun by Kouam Kenmogne Guy-Romain, Hernanie G. Mpakam, Samuel Ayonghe Ndonwy, Serges L. Djomoudou Bopda, Georges E. Ekodeck

“…Adhesion of Cameroon to different organisations in charge of basins management (the Niger Basin Authority, the Lake Chad Basin Commission, the Congo Basin Commission) and the ratification of different international treaties on questions related to water constitute the advantages for improvement of the integrated water resources management within the national bounds. …”
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How Can Remote Sensing Help Monitor Tropical Moist Forest Degradation?—A Systematic Review by Chloé Dupuis, Philippe Lejeune, Adrien Michez, Adeline Fayolle

“…Tropical moist forest degradation is not extensively studied especially in the Congo basin and in southeast Asia. Forest structure (i.e., canopy gaps, fragmentation and biomass) is the most widely and easily measured criteria with remote sensing, while composition and regeneration are more difficult to characterize. …”
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Assessing Freshwater Changes over Southern and Central Africa (2002–2017) by Ikechukwu Kalu, Christopher E. Ndehedehe, Onuwa Okwuashi, Aniekan E. Eyoh

“…Results show a low trend in vegetation transpiration due to deforestation around the Congo basin. Overall, the Congo (r2 = 76%) and Orange (r2 = 72%) River basins maintained an above-average consistency between precipitation and TWS throughout the study region and period. …”
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Using diversity indices for identifying the priority sites for herpetofauna conservation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Kusamba Z. Chifundera

“…The herpetological diversity was assessed on twenty-eight survey sites located in both Congo Basin and Albertine Rift ecoregions. All surveyed localities and sites were georeferenced in order to generate distribution maps by using QGIS 2.14.0 software. …”
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Sky islands of the Cameroon Volcanic Line support the westernmost clade of five new Typoderus weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae) by Vasily V. Grebennikov

“…Abstract The weevil genus Typoderus is for the first time reported west of the Congo basin. Analysis of 2,136 aligned positions from one mitochondrial and two nuclear fragments revealed a moderately supported clade of five new Cameroonian species: T. amphion sp. nov. …”
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Scaling-up Community Participatory Mapping and Land Use Planning to reinforce customary land governance for multi-stakeholder engagement on sustainable investments and trade on lan... by Harrison AjebeNnoko

“… Background and context With the decentralization processes underway in most countries of the Congo Basin, community involvement in decision-making is becoming an imperative, particularly with regard to land and resource management (Beatty, M.T. et al. (1978). …”
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Climate impacts of a large-scale biofuels expansion by Hallgren, Willow, Monier, Erwan, Kicklighter, David, Melillo, Jerry M., Schlosser, Adam, Sokolov, Andrei P.

“…However, the model projects regional patterns of enhanced surface air warming in the Amazon Basin and the eastern part of the Congo Basin. Therefore, global land use strategies that protect tropical forests could dramatically reduce air warming projected in these regions.…”
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The central African soil spectral library: a new soil infrared repository and a geographical prediction analysis by L. Summerauer, P. Baumann, L. Ramirez-Lopez, M. Barthel, M. Bauters, M. Bauters, B. Bukombe, M. Reichenbach, P. Boeckx, E. Kearsley, K. Van Oost, B. Vanlauwe, D. Chiragaga, A. B. Heri-Kazi, P. Moonen, A. Sila, K. Shepherd, B. Bazirake Mujinya, E. Van Ranst, G. Baert, S. Doetterl, S. Doetterl, J. Six

“…We conclude that our CSSL adds valuable soil diversity that can improve predictions for the Congo Basin region compared to using the continental AfSIS SSL alone; thus, analyses of other soils in central Africa will be able to profit from a more diverse spectral feature space. …”
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Rescuing Perishable Neuroanatomical Information from a Threatened Biodiversity Hotspot: Remote Field Methods for Brain Tissue Preservation Validated by Cytoarchitectonic Analysis,... by Daniel F Hughes, Ellen M Walker, Paul M Gignac, Anais Martinez, Kenichiro Negishi, Carl S Lieb, Eli Greenbaum, Arshad M Khan

“…Here, we report our field-testing of two commonly used laboratory-based techniques for brain preservation while on a collecting expedition in the Congo Basin and Albertine Rift, two poorly known regions associated with the Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot. …”
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Assessment of Large Scale Land Cover Change Classifications and Drivers of Deforestation in Indonesia by A. Wijaya, R. A. Sugardiman Budiharto, A. Tosiani, D. Murdiyarso, L.V. Verchot

“…Indonesia possesses the third largest tropical forests coverage following Brazilian Amazon and Congo Basin regions. This country, however, suffered from the highest deforestation rate surpassing deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon in 2012. …”
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The logic model for Uganda’s health sector preparedness for public health threats and emergencies by Alex Riolexus Ario, Issa Makumbi, Lilian Bulage, Simon Kyazze, Joshua Kayiwa, Milton Makoba Wetaka, Juliet Namugga Kasule, Felix Ocom

“…Its proximity to the Congo Basin, climate change pressure on eco-systems, increased international travel and globalization, and influx of refugees due to porous borders, has compounded the problem. …”
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Sensitivity and identifiability analysis of a conceptual-lumped model in the headwaters of the Benue River Basin, Cameroon: implications for uncertainty quantification and paramete... by Rodric Mérimé Nonki, Ernest Amoussou, André Lenouo, Raphael Muamba Tshimanga, Constant Houndenou

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MULTI-DATE SENTINEL1 SAR IMAGE TEXTURES DISCRIMINATE PERENNIAL AGROFORESTS IN A TROPICAL FOREST-SAVANNAH TRANSITION LANDSCAPE by F. N. Numbisi, F. N. Numbisi, F. Van Coillie, R. De Wulf

“…Given the high accuracies of mapping, our approach has value for landscape monitoring; and, an improved valuation of agroforestry contribution to REDD+ strategies in the Congo basin sub-region.…”
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Seismogenic Fault Reactivation in Western Central Africa: Insights From Regional Stress Analysis by Hardy Medry Dieu‐Veill Nkodia, Timothée Miyouna, Folarin Kolawole, Florent Boudzoumou, Alan Patrick Rodeck Loemba, Nicy Carmel Bazebizonza Tchiguina, Damien Delvaux

“…Our results show a switch from NNE‐SSW transpressive stress regime offshore and near the coastal margins, to NE‐SW compressive and transtensive stress regimes in the cratonic interior (Congo Basin and Kasai Block). We show that regional stresses acting on offshore oceanic fracture zones are compatible with those acting along the onshore areas of the continental margin. …”
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The yield of edible caterpillars Imbrasia oyemensis and Cirina forda from timber trees logged on concessions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A contribution to managing tro... by Paluku Muvatsi, Laura K. Snook, Geoffrey Morgan, Jean-Marie Kahindo

“…Sapelli (Entandrophragma cylindricum), the African mahogany, and Tali (Erythrophleum suaveolens) are food sources for these caterpillars; they are also among the most important timber species harvested from Congo Basin forests. This study quantified the yield of caterpillars from harvestable and precommercial sizes of trees of these two timber species to better understand the impact of logging on the availability of edible caterpillars to local people, and the implications for managing both timber and non-timber resources in industrial timber concessions. …”
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Unusual Monkeypox virus outbreak in 2022: Phenotypic and molecular characteristics by Alberta Azzi

“…Monkeypox virus, first identified in 1958 in Asian monkeys employed for experiments in a laboratory in Denmark and then in 1970 in humans in Africa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has continued to circulate for about 50 years in some regions of Africa, indicated as Congo Basin (CB) and West Africa (WA) where it has become endemic. …”
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BoHV-4-Based Vector Single Heterologous Antigen Delivery Protects STAT1(-/-) Mice from Monkeypoxvirus Lethal Challenge. by Valentina Franceschi, Scott Parker, Sarah Jacca, Ryan W Crump, Konstantin Doronin, Edguardo Hembrador, Daniela Pompilio, Giulia Tebaldi, Ryan D Estep, Scott W Wong, Mark R Buller, Gaetano Donofrio

“…It is an emerging orthopoxvirus zoonosis in the tropical rain forest of Africa and is endemic in the Congo-basin and sporadic in West Africa; it remains a tropical neglected disease of persons in impoverished rural areas. …”
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Ethnobotanical survey of wild edible plants used by Baka people in southeastern Cameroon by Pascal Eric Billong Fils, Natacha Afiong Nana, Jean Lagarde Betti, Oumar Farick Njimbam, Stéphanie Tientcheu Womeni, Eva Ávila Martin, Guillermo Ros Brull, Robert Okale, John E. Fa, Stephan M. Funk

“…The area still contains relatively undisturbed forest expanses, just south of the Dja Biosphere Reserve, one of the most important protected areas in the Congo Basin. Methods We conducted two ethnobotanical surveys in 2019 in four villages on the Mintom road. …”
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