{"id":63,"date":"2020-06-03T03:14:16","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T03:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cifor.org\/annualreport2019\/?p=63"},"modified":"2020-06-19T10:13:48","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T10:13:48","slug":"planted-trees-bring-renewed-energy-to-the-yangambi-landscapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cifor.org\/annualreport2019\/planted-trees-bring-renewed-energy-to-the-yangambi-landscapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Planted trees bring renewed energy to the Yangambi landscapes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"columns-12\">\n<div class=\"col-8 m-margin-xs-bottom-20\">\n<p>Only 1 in 100 rural households has access to electricity in the Democratic<br \/>\n            Republic of the Congo (DRC). Firewood and charcoal \u2013 up to 84% of all harvested<br \/>\n            wood \u2013 supply most of the country\u2019s domestic energy needs, but decades of<br \/>\n            political instability and conflict have taken a toll on tropical forests. The<br \/>\n            lack of power supply is holding back private households, value addition and<br \/>\n            local entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n<p>\n            New efforts to plant trees in degraded areas around the Yangambi Biosphere<br \/>\n            Reserve in Tshopo province, Northern DRC, could supply electricity to<br \/>\n            neighboring communities, provide jobs and create business opportunities. The<br \/>\n            plantations are an initiative of the European Union-funded \u2018Training, Research,<br \/>\n            and Environment in the Tshopo\u2019 project (FORETS), in partnership with INERA, the<br \/>\n            Belgian Royal Museum for Central Africa, and Resources and Synergies<br \/>\n            Development.<\/p>\n<p>Most fibers will feed a biomass plant, generating heat and electricity for<br \/>\n            neighboring villages. Local farmers will test agroforestry schemes among the<br \/>\n            trees and can also use part of the wood for their fuel needs, taking some<br \/>\n            pressure off the forest reserve.<\/p>\n<p>Challenges are many \u2013 a lack of skilled labor, tenure and transport issues,<br \/>\n            adequate seedling supply, fire \u2013 but the initial 300 ha planted, the creation of<br \/>\n            local employment (400+ people), constant dialogue with local partners, and the<br \/>\n            implementation of ad hoc conflict-prevention strategies, convey the message that<br \/>\n            where trees grow, so can the local economy for the benefit of all.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-4\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<h4 class=\"m-uppercase\">Related links<\/h4>\n<hr class=\"m-divider-margin-15\">\n<h5>News<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cifor.org\/forets\/en\/news-events\/\">FORETS News &amp; Events<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Video<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cifor.org\/forets\/en\/videos\/\">FORETS Videos<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Photo<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cifor\/albums\/72157708692208074\">Formation, Recherche, et Environnement dans la Tshopo (FORETS), Democratic Republic of Congo &#8211; 2019<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Website<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cifor.org\/forets\/\">FORETS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<div class=\"columns-10-np\">\n<div class=\"col-10\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/06\/bg_planted.jpg\">\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-5 m-section m-bg-color-6 cluster-box\">\n<div class=\"row-box\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/svg\/planted_infographic.svg\">\n                <\/div>\n<div style=\"background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6);\" class=\"parallax-overlay\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-5 m-section m-bg-color-6 cluster-box\">\n<div class=\"row-box\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/svg\/planted_infographic_2.svg\">\n                <\/div>\n<div style=\"background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);\" class=\"parallax-overlay\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-5 m-section m-bg-color-6 cluster-box\">\n<div class=\"row-box\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/svg\/planted_infographic_3.svg\">\n                <\/div>\n<div style=\"background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9);\" class=\"parallax-overlay\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-5 m-section m-bg-color-6 cluster-box\">\n<div class=\"row-box\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/svg\/planted_infographic_4.svg\">\n                <\/div>\n<div style=\"background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\" class=\"parallax-overlay\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 m-margin-top-40\">\n<h4 class=\"m-uppercase\">Project info<\/h4>\n<hr class=\"m-divider-solid-20\">\n<div class=\"columns-12\">\n<div class=\"col-12 m-bg-color-8\">\n<div class=\"row-box\">\n<h5>Project<\/h5>\n<p>Formation, Recherche, Environnement dans la Tshopo (FORETS), Phase 2 (2018-2021)<\/p>\n<h5>Country<\/h5>\n<p>Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/p>\n<h5>Funding partners<\/h5>\n<p>European Union (XI European Development Fund)<\/p>\n<h5>Project partners<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.cifor.org\/forets\/en\/partners\/\">Partners<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>CIFOR focal point<\/h5>\n<p>Paolo Cerutti, Senior Scientist<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9);\" class=\"parallax-overlay\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only 1 in 100 rural households has access to electricity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Firewood and charcoal \u2013 up to 84% of all harvested wood \u2013 supply most of the country\u2019s domestic energy needs, but decades of political instability and conflict have taken a toll on tropical forests. The lack of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.cifor.org\/annualreport2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/06\/planted_trees-e1592203933575.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cifor.org\/annualreport2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cifor.org\/annualreport2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cifor.org\/annualreport2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cifor.org\/annualreport2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cifor.org\/annualreport2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.cifor.org\/annualreport2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64,"href":"https:\/\/www.cifor.org\/annualreport2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions\/64"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cifor.org\/annualreport2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cifor.org\/annualreport2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cifor.org\/annualreport2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cifor.org\/annualreport2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}