Réserve Naturelle d'Itombwe RNI

3D Model

Based on the knowledge of the field by ICCN and its partners, on various studies and on with representatives of the resident and riparian populations of the protected area, the main direct The main direct threats affecting the NRT are:

• Illegal commercial hunting (practiced by local and outside populations with firearms and even illegal commercial hunting (practiced by local or outside populations with firearms and even weapons of war);
• Subsistence hunting (by local residents using traditional trapping techniques) traditional trapping techniques); slash-and-burn agriculture (practiced by the resident population and riparian populations in and around villages in and around the NRT);
• Conversion of forests to pasture in the highlands (mainly after a cycle of slash-and-burn agriculture) cycle of slash-and-burn agriculture);
• Exploitation of the forest for timber (planks) and for commercial charcoal production
• Artisanal and small-scale mining for gold and cassiterite deposits;
• Potential large-scale gold