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The forest, besides the services that it offers like carbon sequestration and soil stabilization against the deteriorations, is source of the NTFPs from plant and/or animal origin. Its sustainable management is a major concern of the hour. A survey was carried out to the riparian population of the community forest of Moanda and a questionnaire was administered to respondents. The findings revealed that, 14 food based-NTFPs from plant origin have been listed in this forest. From these 14 identified NTFPs, 12 (86%) saw their number decreased following the artisanal wood exploitation in the Moanda community-based forest. Only two NTFPs (14%), like Marantaceae and Raffia hookeri that were not negatively impacted by the artisanal wood exploitation. Besides, before the artisanal wood exploitation in the Moanda forest, 12 animal taxa served as source of proteins for the population. However, since the artisanal exploitation started, it was observed the reduction of 9 (75%) of these animal species and the disappearance of three big mammals of which the Chimpanzee, the elephant and the Buffalo. These results demonstrate the negative impact of the uncontrolled artisanal exploitation on biodiversity in this forest. However, five forest gases the most exploited in the artisanal exploitation is caterpillar plant hosts of which the leaves and peels are used in traditional pharmacopeia for the management of common pathologies. Some damages are associated to the felling of the trees that destroy the NTFPs as the wild yams (tubers) and the vegetable-leaves like Gnetum africanum. Moreover, the artisanal woods sawing is a factor modifying the ecology of the food-based NTFPs in the Moanda community-based forest. Therefore, it is desirable to establish the law relative to the use of community-based forests in application in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which could be respected for the sustainable conservation of their potential through a private-public partnership.

Non Timber Forest Products, Community Based-forest, Exploitation, Nord-Ubangi

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