Réserve de Biosphère de Yangambi à l’épreuve de la cristallisation des pratiques locales de survie : une réponse à la faillite de l’État en République Démocratique du Congo 

The issue of local practices to survive developed by local communities living around protected areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo is based on two different logics that are irreconcilable. In the first case, the country is pursuing a nature conservation policy without ensuring a minimum of att...

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Main Authors: Justin Kyale Koy, Alphonse Maindo Monga Ngonga, David Andrew Wardell
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Published: Éditions en environnement VertigO 2019-03-01
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description The issue of local practices to survive developed by local communities living around protected areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo is based on two different logics that are irreconcilable. In the first case, the country is pursuing a nature conservation policy without ensuring a minimum of attention for local development. In the second case, the lack of alternative economic activities to survive leads local communities to have to exploit natural resources. This study analyses the survival activities of local communities living around the Man and the Biosphere Reserve of Yangambi, as a response to the failure of the State. The analysis is based on the triangulation of data sources from focus group discussions, historical archives and semi-structured interviews. The investigations reveal a wide range of activities including agriculture, fishing, hunting, mining, forestry and the exploitation of other non-timber forest products. The gains of local community development initiatives from the late colonial Belgian Congo period were not consolidated by the postcolonial State which abandoned them due to its own failures. The direct or indirect involvement of public authorities in these activities makes enforcement difficult.
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spelling doaj-art-83b16fd33a8a4c2984fb0ba5f7d00a262025-01-09T12:36:17ZfraÉditions en environnement VertigOVertigO1492-84422019-03-0119110.4000/vertigo.24677Réserve de Biosphère de Yangambi à l’épreuve de la cristallisation des pratiques locales de survie : une réponse à la faillite de l’État en République Démocratique du Congo Justin Kyale KoyAlphonse Maindo Monga NgongaDavid Andrew WardellThe issue of local practices to survive developed by local communities living around protected areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo is based on two different logics that are irreconcilable. In the first case, the country is pursuing a nature conservation policy without ensuring a minimum of attention for local development. In the second case, the lack of alternative economic activities to survive leads local communities to have to exploit natural resources. This study analyses the survival activities of local communities living around the Man and the Biosphere Reserve of Yangambi, as a response to the failure of the State. The analysis is based on the triangulation of data sources from focus group discussions, historical archives and semi-structured interviews. The investigations reveal a wide range of activities including agriculture, fishing, hunting, mining, forestry and the exploitation of other non-timber forest products. The gains of local community development initiatives from the late colonial Belgian Congo period were not consolidated by the postcolonial State which abandoned them due to its own failures. The direct or indirect involvement of public authorities in these activities makes enforcement difficult.https://journals.openedition.org/vertigo/24677governancebiosphere reservecrystallizationfailure of the Statepractical local survivalYangambi
spellingShingle Justin Kyale Koy
Alphonse Maindo Monga Ngonga
David Andrew Wardell
Réserve de Biosphère de Yangambi à l’épreuve de la cristallisation des pratiques locales de survie : une réponse à la faillite de l’État en République Démocratique du Congo 
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governance
biosphere reserve
crystallization
failure of the State
practical local survival
Yangambi
title Réserve de Biosphère de Yangambi à l’épreuve de la cristallisation des pratiques locales de survie : une réponse à la faillite de l’État en République Démocratique du Congo 
title_full Réserve de Biosphère de Yangambi à l’épreuve de la cristallisation des pratiques locales de survie : une réponse à la faillite de l’État en République Démocratique du Congo 
title_fullStr Réserve de Biosphère de Yangambi à l’épreuve de la cristallisation des pratiques locales de survie : une réponse à la faillite de l’État en République Démocratique du Congo 
title_full_unstemmed Réserve de Biosphère de Yangambi à l’épreuve de la cristallisation des pratiques locales de survie : une réponse à la faillite de l’État en République Démocratique du Congo 
title_short Réserve de Biosphère de Yangambi à l’épreuve de la cristallisation des pratiques locales de survie : une réponse à la faillite de l’État en République Démocratique du Congo 
title_sort reserve de biosphere de yangambi a l epreuve de la cristallisation des pratiques locales de survie une reponse a la faillite de l etat en republique democratique du congo
topic governance
biosphere reserve
crystallization
failure of the State
practical local survival
Yangambi
url https://journals.openedition.org/vertigo/24677
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