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Project December 13, 2021

Preserving Wild Fruits, Roots, and Nuts Threatened With Extinction in the DRC

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Among the non-timber forest products prized in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are garcinia kola nuts, Mondia Witei plant extracts, and cola acumunata nuts.

They are prized in urban areas for their nutritional and medicinal qualities. The demand for them is becoming greater and greater, and they are becoming increasingly rare. How do we prevent the threat of disappearance?

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