Sixth and final meeting of the Scientific Coordination of the project "Yangambi, scientific center at the service of man and forests or YPS", December 19, 2022

The sixth and last meeting of the Scientific Coordination, in which 7 member institutions took part, was held online via the Zoom application, on Monday September 19, 2022 from 9 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. The objective of this last meeting was to allow member institutions to report on the results of activities implemented in the Yangambi region and, on the other hand, to share lessons learned and recommendations in order to ensure the sustainability of the achievements of the implementation of the YPS project. This specifically involved sharing information on the activities implemented by each member institution; to discuss future scientific activities in the Yangambi landscape; and finally to share the main results obtained and the lessons learned on development research by each component of the project. After the restitution stage of the activities implemented during the period considered, recommendations were made for the sustainability of the achievements. The participants were informed of the start of a new project entitled "Making the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve a climate-biodiversity center of excellence", funded by Belgium, and of which UNESCO is the executing body. This project is therefore a kind of relay to the YPS project since it will capitalize on its achievements. It will also make it possible to expand the number of member institutions of the Scientific Coordination with the addition of UNESCO and the University of Kisangani via the BSC. In this new project, there is a budget line devoted to the reform of the MAB which constitutes an opportunity to improve the management and especially the security of the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve. ERAIFT warmly thanks all the member institutions of the scientific coordination of the project for their much appreciated participation in the implementation of the activities. Finally, ERAIFT sincerely thanks the Kingdom of Belgium and the European Union for their financial support.

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