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Yangambi

January 01, 1970

Yangambi is a town in Isangi territory of Tshopo province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Yangambi
Commune
Yangambi
Coordinates: 0°46′03″N 24°26′29″E / 0.767475°N 24.441404°E / 0.767475; 24.441404
Country DR Congo
ProvinceTshopo
TerritoryIsangi
Time zoneUTC+2 (CAT)
ClimateAf
National languageLingala

Location edit

Yangambi is on the north side of the Congo River and lies on the R408 road which connects it to Kisangani 100 kilometers to the east.[1] This road is unpaved, rarely used in the rainy season and difficult to use at all times of the year. The roads linking Yangambi to Weko and Isangi are also very poor. The river provides an alternative transport route. The town was once served by the small Yangambi Airport.[2]

Weather edit

Mean annual rainfall is 1,835 millimetres (72.2 in).[3] August is the wettest month and February the driest. The skies tend to be partly cloudy even during the drier seasons.

Yangambi Biosphere Reserve edit

Main article: Yangambi Biosphere Reserve

235,000 hectares of forest around Yangambi were declared a Biosphere Reserve in 1976,[4] part of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB).

The Yangambi Biosphere Reserve comprises secondary forests with Pycnanthus angolensis and Fagara macrophylla, semi deciduous secondary rain forests, rain forests with Gilbertiodendron dewevrei, climax forests with Brachystegia laurentii and marshland forests.[4]

The site is very important from a biodiversity point of view since it hosts endangered tree species, such as Afrormosia (Pericopsis elata). It was also once home to elephants (Loxodonta africana cyclotis), but they have now disappeared locally.[5] In 2018, a study confirmed the presence of Common Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in the area.[6]

Research center edit

 
Modern-day view of the colonial-era INEAC facility at Yangambi

During the colonial era, Yangambi was home to the Institut national pour les études agronomiques du Congo belge (INEAC), one of the world's most important tropical agriculture and forestry research centers.

The INEAC experimental fields and laboratories were built along a road parallel to the north bank of the Congo river, and along a road stretching northward from the river for about 25 kilometres (16 mi).[7] In the 1930s researchers at INEAC found the relationship between the tenera, dura and pisifera oil palms.[3] Oil palms have relatively low yield around Yangambi compared to coastal regions. This appears to be due to the lower night temperatures in the continental interior, which have a mean minimum at Yangambi of around 20 °C (68 °F).[8]

The center developed a number of varieties of soy beans for use in different parts of the country.[9] Early-maturing varieties yielded over 1,200 kg/ha of soybeans.[10] Field trials showed that inoculation could increase yields by 80% to 300%.[11] In the 1950s INEAC researchers discovered the 'Yangambi km 5' (AAA) dessert banana. This variety yields large numbers of small fruit with an excellent taste, is productive even on poor soils and is resistant to black leaf streak disease.[7] There is some evidence that this cultivar may have originated in southern Thailand, introduced to the Kilo-Moto region in northeastern Congo and then brought to Yangambi before World War II.[12]

After independence, the INEAC became the Institute National pour l'Etude et la Recherche Agronomiques (INERA), a Congolese institution. However, decades of conflict and political instability led to a progressive decline of Yangambi's research station.

Recent developments edit

Since 2017, with funding from the European Union,[13] the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and several international and Congolese partners are conducting efforts to make of Yangambi's landscape a world-class hub for development, science, and conservation.[14] Recent initiatives include restoration of degraded land,[15] new infrastructure, research on endangered flora and fauna, support to local entrepreneurs, and training of local forest experts.[16]

In 2018, the Meise Botanic Garden and INERA renovated Yangambi's herbarium, which has a collection of 150,000 dried plant specimens.[17]

In 2019, the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA) launched a new wood biology laboratory in Yangambi, the first of its kind in Sub-Saharan Africa.[18]

Since 2020, Yangambi hosts the Congo Basin's first Eddy covariance flux tower, installed by Ghent University.[19]

References edit

  1. ^ "Yangambi Biosphere Reserve". FORETS. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  2. ^ "Yangambi Airport (YAN)". World Airport Codes. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
  3. ^ a b Corley & Tinker 2008, p. 23.
  4. ^ a b "Yangambi". United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  5. ^ van Vliet et al. 2018.
  6. ^ "Endangered chimpanzees discovered in the DRC with help of camera traps". FORETS (in French). Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  7. ^ a b De Langhe 2005, p. 47.
  8. ^ Corley & Tinker 2008, p. 56.
  9. ^ Shurtleff & Aoyagi 2009, p. 202.
  10. ^ Shurtleff & Aoyagi 2009, p. 216.
  11. ^ Shurtleff & Aoyagi 2009, p. 226.
  12. ^ De Langhe 2005, p. 48.
  13. ^ Arnold Jacques de Dixmude (12 March 2017). "The EU Delegation in DRC and CIFOR officially launched a new 27-million Euros project at the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve". Capacity4dev. European Union. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  14. ^ "Project Background". FORETS. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  15. ^ "Energizing degraded land in the Congo Basin". afr100. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  16. ^ "Meet the next generation of Congolese forest experts". CIFOR Forests News. 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  17. ^ "Protecting Congo's botanical treasures". CIFOR Forests News. 2019-01-11. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  18. ^ "Wood biology laboratory, first of its kind in Sub-Saharan Africa, opens in Democratic Republic of the Congo". Africa Museum. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  19. ^ "YPS (Yangambi Pôle Scientifique)". FORETS. Retrieved 2019-12-29.

Sources edit

  • "Carte des Districts et Territoires de l'ORIENTALE" (PDF). Reliefweb. October 2002. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
  • Corley, R. H. V.; Tinker, P. B. H. (2008). The Oil Palm. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-75036-0.
  • De Langhe, Edmond (June 2005). "The story behind the name 'Yangabi km 5'". Infomusa: The International Journal on Banana and Plantain. 14 (1). ISSN 1023-0076.
  • Frankham, Richard; Ballou, Jonathan D.; Briscoe, David Anthony (2004). A primer of conservation genetics. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-53827-5.
  • Littell, Eliakim; Littell, Robert S. (1889). The living age ..., Volume 181. Littell, son & company.
  • Shurtleff, William; Aoyagi, Akiko (2009). History of Soybeans and Soyfoods in Africa (1857-2009): Extensively Annotated Bibliography and Sourcebook. Soyinfo Center. ISBN 978-1-928914-25-9.
  • Tshibaka, Tshikala B. (1989). Food production in a land-surplus, labor-scarce economy: the Zairian Basin, Volume 1. Intl Food Policy Res Inst. ISBN 978-0-89629-076-1.
  • Tshibaka, Tshikala B. (1992). Labor in the rural household economy of the Zairian basin. Intl Food Policy Res Inst. ISBN 978-0-89629-093-8.
  • van Vliet, Nathalie; Muhindo, Jonas; Kambale Nyumu, Jonas; Mushagalusa, Olivier; Nasi, Robert (2018). "Mammal Depletion Processes as Evidenced From Spatially Explicit and Temporal Local Ecological Knowledge". Tropical Conservation Science. 11. 1940082918799494. doi:10.1177/1940082918799494. ISSN 1940-0829.

External links edit

  Media related to Yangambi at Wikimedia Commons

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yangambi, town, isangi, territory, tshopo, province, democratic, republic, congo, communecoordinates, 767475, 441404, 767475, 441404country, congoprovincetshopoterritoryisangitime, zoneutc, climateafnational, languagelingala, contents, location, weather, biosp. Yangambi is a town in Isangi territory of Tshopo province Democratic Republic of the Congo YangambiCommuneYangambiCoordinates 0 46 03 N 24 26 29 E 0 767475 N 24 441404 E 0 767475 24 441404Country DR CongoProvinceTshopoTerritoryIsangiTime zoneUTC 2 CAT ClimateAfNational languageLingala Contents 1 Location 2 Weather 3 Yangambi Biosphere Reserve 4 Research center 5 Recent developments 6 References 7 Sources 8 External linksLocation editYangambi is on the north side of the Congo River and lies on the R408 road which connects it to Kisangani 100 kilometers to the east 1 This road is unpaved rarely used in the rainy season and difficult to use at all times of the year The roads linking Yangambi to Weko and Isangi are also very poor The river provides an alternative transport route The town was once served by the small Yangambi Airport 2 Weather editMean annual rainfall is 1 835 millimetres 72 2 in 3 August is the wettest month and February the driest The skies tend to be partly cloudy even during the drier seasons Yangambi Biosphere Reserve editMain article Yangambi Biosphere Reserve 235 000 hectares of forest around Yangambi were declared a Biosphere Reserve in 1976 4 part of UNESCO s Man and the Biosphere Programme MAB The Yangambi Biosphere Reserve comprises secondary forests with Pycnanthus angolensis and Fagara macrophylla semi deciduous secondary rain forests rain forests with Gilbertiodendron dewevrei climax forests with Brachystegia laurentii and marshland forests 4 The site is very important from a biodiversity point of view since it hosts endangered tree species such as Afrormosia Pericopsis elata It was also once home to elephants Loxodonta africana cyclotis but they have now disappeared locally 5 In 2018 a study confirmed the presence of Common Chimpanzees Pan troglodytes in the area 6 Research center edit nbsp Modern day view of the colonial era INEAC facility at Yangambi During the colonial era Yangambi was home to the Institut national pour les etudes agronomiques du Congo belge INEAC one of the world s most important tropical agriculture and forestry research centers The INEAC experimental fields and laboratories were built along a road parallel to the north bank of the Congo river and along a road stretching northward from the river for about 25 kilometres 16 mi 7 In the 1930s researchers at INEAC found the relationship between the tenera dura and pisifera oil palms 3 Oil palms have relatively low yield around Yangambi compared to coastal regions This appears to be due to the lower night temperatures in the continental interior which have a mean minimum at Yangambi of around 20 C 68 F 8 The center developed a number of varieties of soy beans for use in different parts of the country 9 Early maturing varieties yielded over 1 200 kg ha of soybeans 10 Field trials showed that inoculation could increase yields by 80 to 300 11 In the 1950s INEAC researchers discovered the Yangambi km 5 AAA dessert banana This variety yields large numbers of small fruit with an excellent taste is productive even on poor soils and is resistant to black leaf streak disease 7 There is some evidence that this cultivar may have originated in southern Thailand introduced to the Kilo Moto region in northeastern Congo and then brought to Yangambi before World War II 12 After independence the INEAC became the Institute National pour l Etude et la Recherche Agronomiques INERA a Congolese institution However decades of conflict and political instability led to a progressive decline of Yangambi s research station Recent developments editSince 2017 with funding from the European Union 13 the Center for International Forestry Research CIFOR and several international and Congolese partners are conducting efforts to make of Yangambi s landscape a world class hub for development science and conservation 14 Recent initiatives include restoration of degraded land 15 new infrastructure research on endangered flora and fauna support to local entrepreneurs and training of local forest experts 16 In 2018 the Meise Botanic Garden and INERA renovated Yangambi s herbarium which has a collection of 150 000 dried plant specimens 17 In 2019 the Royal Museum for Central Africa RMCA launched a new wood biology laboratory in Yangambi the first of its kind in Sub Saharan Africa 18 Since 2020 Yangambi hosts the Congo Basin s first Eddy covariance flux tower installed by Ghent University 19 References edit Yangambi Biosphere Reserve FORETS Retrieved 2019 12 29 Yangambi Airport YAN World Airport Codes Retrieved 2011 10 10 a b Corley amp Tinker 2008 p 23 a b Yangambi United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization Retrieved 2019 12 29 van Vliet et al 2018 Endangered chimpanzees discovered in the DRC with help of camera traps FORETS in French Retrieved 2019 12 29 a b De Langhe 2005 p 47 Corley amp Tinker 2008 p 56 Shurtleff amp Aoyagi 2009 p 202 Shurtleff amp Aoyagi 2009 p 216 Shurtleff amp Aoyagi 2009 p 226 De Langhe 2005 p 48 Arnold Jacques de Dixmude 12 March 2017 The EU Delegation in DRC and CIFOR officially launched a new 27 million Euros project at the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve Capacity4dev European Union Retrieved 2019 12 29 Project Background FORETS Retrieved 2019 12 29 Energizing degraded land in the Congo Basin afr100 Retrieved 2019 12 29 Meet the next generation of Congolese forest experts CIFOR Forests News 2018 10 17 Retrieved 2019 12 29 Protecting Congo s botanical treasures CIFOR Forests News 2019 01 11 Retrieved 2019 12 29 Wood biology laboratory first of its kind in Sub Saharan Africa opens in Democratic Republic of the Congo Africa Museum Retrieved 2019 12 29 YPS Yangambi Pole Scientifique FORETS Retrieved 2019 12 29 Sources edit Carte des Districts et Territoires de l ORIENTALE PDF Reliefweb October 2002 Retrieved 2011 10 08 Corley R H V Tinker P B H 2008 The Oil Palm John Wiley amp Sons ISBN 978 0 470 75036 0 De Langhe Edmond June 2005 The story behind the name Yangabi km 5 Infomusa The International Journal on Banana and Plantain 14 1 ISSN 1023 0076 Frankham Richard Ballou Jonathan D Briscoe David Anthony 2004 A primer of conservation genetics Cambridge University Press ISBN 978 0 521 53827 5 Littell Eliakim Littell Robert S 1889 The living age Volume 181 Littell son amp company Shurtleff William Aoyagi Akiko 2009 History of Soybeans and Soyfoods in Africa 1857 2009 Extensively Annotated Bibliography and Sourcebook Soyinfo Center ISBN 978 1 928914 25 9 Tshibaka Tshikala B 1989 Food production in a land surplus labor scarce economy the Zairian Basin Volume 1 Intl Food Policy Res Inst ISBN 978 0 89629 076 1 Tshibaka Tshikala B 1992 Labor in the rural household economy of the Zairian basin Intl Food Policy Res Inst ISBN 978 0 89629 093 8 van Vliet Nathalie Muhindo Jonas Kambale Nyumu Jonas Mushagalusa Olivier Nasi Robert 2018 Mammal Depletion Processes as Evidenced From Spatially Explicit and Temporal Local Ecological Knowledge Tropical Conservation Science 11 1940082918799494 doi 10 1177 1940082918799494 ISSN 1940 0829 External links edit nbsp Media related to Yangambi at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yangambi amp oldid 1147038300, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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