Projects
Environmental history and National Parks (DRC)
PhD publication: History of National Parks and Nature Conservancy in DRC. This unpublished contribution on the environment fundamental and topical theme studies the Belgian colonization’s impact on Congolese environment, Congolese wildlife managerial practices under the colonial rule (1885-1960), from its appropriation to its preservation in protected areas and national parks in particular. This study analyses the determining part played by western concepts in Africa preservation policy in past and present times, which let Europeans overcome the real African scenery with their own representation of Africa, in order to define Central Africa environmental changes and supervise the fast developing scientific growth and its impact on current policy.