photo by Matti Barthel and Joseph Zambo.
Bush, G., F.A. Taye, C. Fleming, & R.A. Samndong. (2024) Evaluating the costs of primary forest conservation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, implications for policy and practice. Journal of Environmental Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119975
de Clippele, A., A.C.H. Jaeger, S. Baumgartner, M. Bauters, P. Boeckx, C. Botefa, G. Bush, J. Carilli, T.W. Drake, C. Ekamba, G. Lompoko, N.B. Mukewiele, K. Van Oost, R.A. Werner, J. Zambo, J. Six, & M. Barthel. (2024) Aquatic and soil CO2 emissions from forested wetlands of Congo’s Cuvette Centrale. EGUsphere [preprint]. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3313.
Naegele, A. K. Gassert, D. Byrne, M. Caparas, C. Dobler-Morales, D. Dusseau, C.R. Schwalm, D. McGlinchey, J. Zambo, A. Condia, A. Fennelly, G.K. Bush, W.S. Walker, J.N. Wabakangha, O.M. Kavul, T. Kasanda, & A.M. Kalombo. (2023) From risk to resilience: A strategic assessment of challenges and solutions to scaling climate mitigation and adaptation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Woodwell Climate Research Center. https://www.woodwellclimate.org/risk-to-resilience-drc/.
Naegele, A. K. Gassert, D. Byrne, M. Caparas, C. Dobler-Morales, D. Dusseau, C.R. Schwalm, D. McGlinchey, J. Zambo, A. Condia, A. Fennelly, G.K. Bush, W.S. Walker, J.N. Wabakangha, O.M. Kavul, T. Kasanda, & A.M. Kalombo. (2023) Du risque à la résilience: Une évaluation stratégique des défis et des solutions pour étendre l’atténuation et l’adaptation au changement climatique en République démocratique du Congo. Woodwell Climate Research Center. https://www.woodwellclimate.org/risk-to-resilience-drc/.
Buckwell, A., C. Fleming, G. Bush, J.Z. Mandea, F. Taye, & B. Mackey. (2023) Assessing community readiness for payments for ecosystem service schemes for tropical primary forest protection in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Journal of Development Studies 59(7). https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2023.2182682.
Barthel, M., M. Bauters, S. Baumgartner, T.W. Drake, N.M. Bey, G. Bush, … J.Z. Mandea, et al. Low N20 and variable CH4 fluxes from tropical forest soils of the Congo Basin. Nature Communications 13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-27978-6.
Morgan, E.A., G. Bush, J.Z. Mandea, M. Kermarc, & B. Mackey. (2022) Comparing community needs and REDD+ activities for capacity building and forest protection in the Équateur Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Land 11(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/land11060918.
Primary forest case study: The need for tertiary education and community empowerment in a unique biodiversity reservoir. (2021) International Union for Conservation of Nature. https://assets-woodwell.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/21145009/P4730_IUCN_casestudy_DRC.pdf
McNamara, E.A., M. Kermarc, J.Z. Mandea, & G. Bush. (2018) Tertiary Education Knowledge and Standards in Sustainable Development: A Crisis for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In book: Climate Literacy and Innovations in Climate Change Education. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70199-8_6.
Samndong, R.A., G. Bush, A. Vatn, & M. Chapman. (2018) Institutional analysis of causes of deforestation in REDD+ pilot sites in the Equateur province: Implication for REDD+ in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Land Use Policy 76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.02.048.
Samndong, R.A., & A. Vatn. (2018) Competing tenures: Implications for REDD+ in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Forests 9(11). https://doi.org/10.3390/f9110662.
Pelletier, J., N. Horning, N. Laporte, R.A. Samndong, & S. Goetz. (2018) Anticipating social equity impacts in REDD+ policy design: An example from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Land Use Policy 75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.03.011.
Samdnong, R.A., & D.J. Kjosavik. (2017) Gendered forests: exploring gender dimensions in forest governance and REDD+ in Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Ecology and Society 22(4). https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09753-220434.