OneForestVision

One Forest Vision initiative

Scientific cooperation and capacity building to protect tropical forests and wetlands

This initiative aims to provide scientific support to the countries of the tropical basins in efforts to preserve the environmental integrity and irretrievable biodiversity of tropical forests and wetlands as well as monitoring carbon reservoirs in forest basins. The One Forest Vision initiative (OFVi) will enable transparent monitoring of forest degradation, carbon stocks and tropical biodiversity. The initiative was pioneered by 6 major French research bodies (CEA, CIRAD, CNRS, INRAE, IRD, MNHN) and is being developed in partnership with research institutions in the partner countries. The initiative is already receiving French government funding for the Congo Basin.

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event From 06 July 2026 to 13 July 2026 Likouala-Mossaka, in the north of the Republic of the Congo

The MOUNDS and RACINES projects: how ancient societies shaped the forests and wetlands of the Congo Basin

In May 2026, the MOUNDS* and RACINES** projects, supported by the One Forest Vision initiative and the French Embassy’s BGF-SCAC programme***, carried out a three-week scientific mission in the Likouala-Mossaka region, in the north of the Republic of the Congo. This field campaign, involving researchers from several disciplines, aimed to gain a better understanding of the long-standing interactions between human societies and the forest and wetland ecosystems of the Congo Basin. At the heart of the research were raised fields – impressive agricultural structures built to enable cultivation in areas subject to seasonal flooding. These structures, some of which may date back more than 800 years, bear witness to a human and environmental history far more complex than previously imagined.
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From 22 June 2026 to 26 June 2026 CNRS CAES in Aussois (Savoie, France)

Forest & People Summer Institute: a week dedicated to building the interdisciplinary collaborations of the future

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Supported by the One Forest Vision (OFVi) initiative, the 2026 edition of the Forest & People Summer Institute, organised by François Libois (PSE and INRAE) at the Paul-Langevin Centre of the CAES (CNRS) in Aussois (Savoie), brought together around sixty researchers and PhD students from universities and research institutes around the world for a week. From Duke University to the University of São Paulo, via Marien Ngouabi University, the University of Namur and several French and European national research organisations, this summer school fostered fruitful exchanges between scientific communities with complementary areas of expertise.

Nicolas Barbier, Research Director at the French National Research Institute for Development (IRD) and a member of the AMAP Joint Research Unit in Montpellier

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Nicolas Barbier is a Research Director at the French National Research Institute for Development (IRD) and a member of the AMAP Joint Research Unit in Montpellier. His work focuses on the functioning, dynamics and monitoring of tropical forests at various scales, from the individual leaf and tree up to landscapes and continents. Working at the interface between ecology, remote sensing and modelling, he develops innovative approaches to better understand how tropical forests respond to climate change and human pressures.

Group photo of the Pl@ntNet training session at the INERA research station in the Luki Biosphere Reserve, Kongo Central, April 2026
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From 11 Apr. 2026 to 21 Apr. 2026 Democratic Republic of the Congo

First training session at Pl@ntNet in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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As part of the One Forest Vision initiative, the first training session on the use of the Pl@ntNet app in the Democratic Republic of the Congo took place from 11 to 21 April 2026. Thanks to logistical support from the Regional Postgraduate School for Integrated Management of Tropical Forests and Lands (ERAIFT) and the National Institute for Agronomic Study and Research (INERA), Daniel Barthélémy from CIRAD and Murielle Simo-Droissart from IRD delivered five one-day training sessions in the provinces of Kinshasa and Kongo-Central.

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