A review of the potential for biotechnology to contribute to the management and conservation of forest resources in the Congo Basin suggests that biotechnology needs to be seen as a complementary tool to the traditional management programme not as a substitute. In addition, there is a pressing need to support human and material capacity building linked to the application of biotechnology for forestry resource management in the Basin.

Denis Sonwahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6427-3428

Forestry; Natural Resource Management

Biotechnology; Congo; Biodiversity; Conservation; Capacity Building; Forestry

Africa; Central Africa

Congo

International Forestry Review