Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Democratic Republic of Congo’s charcoal value chains: the case of Kisangani

The socio-economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have been far reaching, impacting regional and local supply of forest products and affecting the livelihoods of millions of people. A recent study by CIFOR-ICRAF conducted in Kisangani – the DRC’s third largest city – and one of its supply basins,...

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Autor principal: Center for International Forestry Research
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Publicado: Center for International Forestry Research 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114434
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description The socio-economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have been far reaching, impacting regional and local supply of forest products and affecting the livelihoods of millions of people. A recent study by CIFOR-ICRAF conducted in Kisangani – the DRC’s third largest city – and one of its supply basins, the Yangambi landscape, shows both the resilience of the charcoal trade in continuing to supply the urban population with cooking fuel, and the vulnerability of the operators involved in production and trade. Uncertainty and shifting actors in light of COVID-19 restrictions threaten many livelihoods and do not offer an enabling environment for more sustainable practices. Vulnerabilities that have become visible during the pandemic need to be subject of reforms addressing informal trade and “building back better” for a sustainable charcoal sector.
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spelling CGSpace1144342025-11-05T10:48:59Z Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Democratic Republic of Congo’s charcoal value chains: the case of Kisangani Center for International Forestry Research charcoal supply chain The socio-economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have been far reaching, impacting regional and local supply of forest products and affecting the livelihoods of millions of people. A recent study by CIFOR-ICRAF conducted in Kisangani – the DRC’s third largest city – and one of its supply basins, the Yangambi landscape, shows both the resilience of the charcoal trade in continuing to supply the urban population with cooking fuel, and the vulnerability of the operators involved in production and trade. Uncertainty and shifting actors in light of COVID-19 restrictions threaten many livelihoods and do not offer an enabling environment for more sustainable practices. Vulnerabilities that have become visible during the pandemic need to be subject of reforms addressing informal trade and “building back better” for a sustainable charcoal sector. 2021-07-12 2021-07-28T06:14:04Z 2021-07-28T06:14:04Z Infographic https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114434 en Open Access Center for International Forestry Research CIFOR. 2021. Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Democratic Republic of Congo’s charcoal value chains: the case of Kisangani. Bogor: Indonesia. Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). http://www.cifor.org/pid/8081.
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Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Democratic Republic of Congo’s charcoal value chains: the case of Kisangani
title Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Democratic Republic of Congo’s charcoal value chains: the case of Kisangani
title_full Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Democratic Republic of Congo’s charcoal value chains: the case of Kisangani
title_fullStr Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Democratic Republic of Congo’s charcoal value chains: the case of Kisangani
title_full_unstemmed Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Democratic Republic of Congo’s charcoal value chains: the case of Kisangani
title_short Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Democratic Republic of Congo’s charcoal value chains: the case of Kisangani
title_sort impacts of the covid 19 pandemic on the democratic republic of congo s charcoal value chains the case of kisangani
topic charcoal
supply chain
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