This book examines interactions between human communities and the global biodiversity that is sheltered by Salonga National Park at the heart of the central basin of the Congo River. While not a review of research that has been ongoing in Salonga National Park over several years now, the book takes a bird-eye perspective to look at how the forests, waters and species that occur in the wider Salonga landscape interact to give birth to what the Salonga National Park is. As such, the book treats Salonga's wildlife, its forests and waters, and Salonga National Park's contemporary human history, within the regional framework.
Bila-Isia Inogwabini Ph.D. (2010), is a researcher and teacher at the School of Management at the Catholic University of Congo and External Resource at the Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala. His expertise is in Biodiversity, Climatology, Climate Change and Ecology.