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12 November 2025

By: Elise Augier

Iaraçu Scientific Caravan – the Congo Basin in dialogue with the Amazon

After five days of sailing between Santarém and Belém, the Iaraçu scientific and river caravan reached its destination, concluding an exceptional journey dedicated to scientific and environmental cooperation in the heart of the Amazon. A delegation from One Forest Vision took part to represent the voice of the Congo Basin and strengthen inter-basin synergies between the Amazon, Central Africa and South-East Asia.
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event From 06 Oct. 2025 to 09 Oct. 2025

Brazzaville

Capacity Building in Data Analysis: 20 Young Researchers Trained on R Software in Brazzaville

From 7 to 9 October 2025, Brazzaville hosted an intensive data analysis training workshop on the R software, designed for twenty young researchers from Congo, Gabon, Cameroon, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Organized at the King Maya Hotel, the workshop was part of a joint effort led by the One Forest Vision (OFVi) initiative and the Central African Forests Research Network (R2FAC), with essential support from the French Embassy in Congo.
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25 September 2025

Montpellier

One Forest Vision Annual Seminar – September 2025

On September 25, 2025, the One Forest Vision (OFVi) initiative held its annual seminar on the Lavalette campus of CIRAD in Montpellier. The event brought together more than 100 participants, including around thirty who joined remotely from Gabon, Congo, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The day was marked by rich scientific discussions, field experience feedback, and strategic reflections on the preservation of the Congo Basin’s tropical forests.
Florence Palla
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07 September 2025

Congo Bassin

Appointment of Florence Palla as Chair of the Scientific Council

The One Forest Vision initiative is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Florence Palla as Chair of its Scientific Council for a two-year term. A recognized figure in both the regional and international scientific landscape, Florence Palla brings to this position valuable expertise and unwavering commitment to the tropical forests and biodiversity of the Congo Basin.
Photo de l'école d'été à Ipassa 2025
event From 15 July 2025 to 31 July 2025

Ipassa, Gabon

Summer school on “mobilising local ecological knowledge” in Ipassa

From 15 to 31 July 2025, the Ipassa research station (Makoku) hosted the pilot phase of the summer school on ‘mobilising local ecological knowledge’, bringing together 40 students and young researchers from Gabon, Cameroon, Congo and France.
Photo de la Conférence Criminalité Environnementale
event From 08 July 2025 to 11 July 2025

Libreville, Gabon

One Forest Vision engaged in scientific and strategic discussions at the CBFP 2025 in Libreville

From 8 to 11 July 2025, the One Forest Vision (OFVi) initiative actively participated in the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) conference in Libreville, dedicated to ‘Environmental Crime and Human-Wildlife Conflict’, which attracted more than 400 participants, as well as related meetings. The strong presence of our team—Jean-Jacques Braun (IRD, representative for Gabon), Nicolas Barbier (IRD), Camille Lacroux (INRAE), and Vivien Rossi (CIRAD, representative for Congo)—enabled the initiative to strengthen its scientific and institutional foundations in the region.
Photo of officials at the launch of the Congo Basin Forum in Kinshasa
event From 10 June 2025 to 13 June 2025

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

One Forest Vision at the Congo Basin Forum: strengthening scientific and strategic synergies

The Congo Basin Forum 2025 was held from 10 to 13 June 2025 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on the central theme of ‘Unleashing the potential of water-related services to achieve sustainable development in the Congo Basin’.
Family photo at the end of session 1, attended by around twenty participants
event From 26 May 2025 to 30 May 2025

Libreville, Gabon

Pl@ntNet in Gabon: participatory science in action with One Forest Vision

From 26 to 30 May 2025, the first Pl@ntNet training course in Gabon was successfully held at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (CENAREST) in Libreville for the theoretical part, and at the Raponda Walker Arboretum for the practical session. Organised as part of the One Forest Vision initiative (OFVi), this training marks a decisive step in the deployment of participatory science for plant conservation in Gabon.
Photo of the GEO DRC delegation's visit to Montpellier
event From 12 May 2025 to 16 May 2025

France

Accompanying a delegation from the DRC's intergovernmental Group on Earth Observation (GEO)

From 12 to 16 May 2025, the One Forest Vision team welcomed and accompanied a high-level delegation from the Group for Earth Observation of the Democratic Republic of Congo (GEO DRC), for a series of 13 meetings with some forty scientists and diplomats, marked by a shared ambition to put space and environmental data at the service of sustainable development. The delegation, which included 8 political and scientific leaders, was led by ambassador Tosi Mpanu Mpanu, Senior Environment Adviser to President Félix Tshisekedi.
Photo of the AGEOS feedback meeting
event From 23 Feb. 2025 to 11 Mar. 2025

Libreville, Gabon

Gabon: towards a public infrastructure for sharing scientific data on forests and wetlands

As part of the One Forest Vision (OFVi) initiative, Pearl Winchester, Research Fellow at IRD - within the Data Terra unit, carried out a mission in Gabon from 23 February to 11 March 2025. Her objective: to assess the pre-feasibility of public infrastructures for sharing scientific data on forests and wetlands and measure their potential for appropriation by local stakeholders.
event From 03 Mar. 2025 to 05 Mar. 2025

Libreville, Gabon

OFVi scientific workshop: A strong commitment to biodiversity conservation in Gabon

From March 3 to 5, 2025, Libreville hosted a major scientific event as part of the One Forest Vision initiative (OFVi). The workshop brought together 80 participants for a plenary session at the Baie des Rois, and around 35 scientists who continued their discussions and work in technical workshops at the Centre Gabonais de l'Innovation (CGI).
Photo of Forum Carbone participants
event From 04 Feb. 2025 to 06 Feb. 2025

Fondation Del Duca, Paris

Towards a collaborative future for Africa's tropical forests: the success of a key scientific meeting

The workshop on ‘Reliable carbon quantification based on field observations in African tropical forests’ was held from 4 to 6 February 2025 at the Cino Del Duca Foundation in Paris. The event brought together some sixty leading experts from four continents to discuss the challenges and advances in carbon monitoring in African forests.
Photo of the delivery of equipment to ENEF
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24 January 2025

Mbalmayo, Cameroon

Routing equipment for super-sites

OFVi has financed the shipment of high-tech equipment to several super-sites in Africa. This equipment will enhance the field capabilities of the scientific teams and improve the conditions for plant surveys and inventories.
Photo of the Pl@ntNet training group in Cameroon
event From 23 Jan. 2025 to 28 Jan. 2025

Yaoundé, Cameroon

Pl@ntNet formation in Cameroon

The first training session in the use of the Pl@ntNet application took place in Yaoundé (Cameroon) during the last week of January 2025, with financial support from the IRD via the CoForFunc project.
Photo of the team processing the camera trap videos
event From 26 Dec. 2024 to 02 Feb. 2025

Sebitoli, Uganda

Animal biodiversity monitoring’ mission in Sebitoli

The OFVi ‘animal biodiversity monitoring’ field mission took place from 26 December 2024 to 02 February 2025, on the Sebitoli super-site (Kibale National Park, Uganda) by the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN).
Photo from formation AGEOS 2024
event From 09 Dec. 2024 to 18 Dec. 2024

LSCE, Gyf-sur-Yvette

AGEOS formation 2024

From 9 to 18 December 2024, five engineers from the Agence Gabonaise d'Etudes et d'Observations Spatiales (AGEOS) had the opportunity to undergo immersive training in deep learning methods for analysing satellite data, at the Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE) in Gif-sur-Yvette.
Pl@ntnet theoretical training
event From 31 Oct. 2024 to 08 Nov. 2024

Brazzaville, Congo

Pl@ntNet training continues in Congo

The second training course in the use of the Pl@ntNet application took place in Brazzaville (Republic of Congo) from 31 October to 8 November 2024.
Picture during the signature of the CP-Gabon
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28 October 2024

Cali, Colombia

CP-Gabon at COP16

On 28 October 2024, at COP16, France and several international partners signed a $60 million Country Package for "Forests, Nature and Climate" (CP) with Gabon.
event From 23 Sept. 2024 to 29 Sept. 2024

Ipassa, Gabon

Ipassa Workshop - Plant biodiversity

The initiative organised a week-long workshop on plant biodiversity in Gabon.
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17 September 2024

Bordeaux, France

OFVi 2024 seminar

The One Forest Vision initiative (OFVi) was pleased to organise its first scientific seminar in Bordeaux on 17 September.
event From 14 July 2024 to 18 July 2024

Kigali, Rwanda

ATBC 2024 participation

Young researchers involved in the initiative were able to present their work at the 60th annual conference of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) in Kigali, Rwanda.
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