How can we reduce reliance on polluting fuels in fragile settings? Find out more in our latest working paper! @sebadbx.bsky.social

🔥 New IOB Working Paper: 'Fuel savings are in the bag: can heat retention bags reduce charcoal use in the #DRCongo?' Read the paper here 👉 https://loom.ly/huFzkqc#DRCongo @laracollart.bsky.social

⭐We're delighted to welcome Lara Collart (@laracollart.bsky.social @iobua.bsky.social) to the CSAE this term as a visiting PhD student @oxfordecondept.bsky.social. Lara's work focuses on conservation, conflict, natural resources & clean cooking in Eastern DRC. www.csae.ox.ac.uk/people/lara-...

The escalating conflict in the DRC has significant but often overlooked environmental impacts. Deforestation is increasing rapidly. Researchers Fergus Simpson and Lara Collart #UAntwerp explain the complexities. @iobua.bsky.social @mongabay.bsky.social news.mongabay.com/2025/03/the-...

Hi #econsky and conservation friends, if you need a hopeful story, the RCT we completed in eastern DRC might be for you. It is about a viable path to clean (electric) cooking, human development, and the protection of endangered wildlife, including mountain gorillas 🧵🧪 tinyurl.com/4jccmcaw