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The next geo-webinar will take place on Friday 21 May. Nathan Toussaint Mushamalirwa will present part of his PhD research entitled “Morpho-structural mapping of the Western Branch of the East African Rift: method, dataset and potential applications”. Do not miss it!

Caroline Michellier, researcher at the AfricaMuseum and the Earth and Life Institute - UCLouvain, was the guest of Matin Première (RTBF) to talk about the Citizen Science Scan 2025, published by Scivil (Flemish Centre for Knowledge and Research in Citizen Science) in collaboration with Université catholique de Louvain.

Situation report on landslide risks in the Rubaya mining area (North Kivu, Eastern D.R. Congo)

The next geo-webinar will take place on Friday 13^th March. Serge Mugisho Mukotanyi will present part of his PhD research entitled "From small-scale gold to large-scale copper-cobalt: convergent landscape changes in Eastern and Southern Democratic Republic of Congo". Do not miss it!

The first geo-webinar of the 2025-2026 series will take place on Friday 10^th October. Guy Ilombe Mawe will present the results of his recent published paper Nature in a talk entitled "Predicting the current and future susceptibility to urban gully initiation in rapidly urbanizing environment: The case of Kinshasa, DR Congo". Do not miss it!

Urban gullies are large, deep erosion channels that suddenly form in urban areas.

The next geo-webinar will take place on Friday 20^th June. Benoît Smets will present his recent research focusing on the contribution of remote sensing to the study and monitoring of volcanoes. Do not miss it!

The next geo-webinar will take place on Friday 16 May. Eric Lutete Landu will present his research focusing on the potential of runoff retention structures as a strategy to combat erosion in ravines in tropical cities. Do not miss it!

On this last day of April, which each year celebrates citizen science initiatives, meet the Kivu Citizen Observers!