This book presents the results of a survey conducted in the territory of Isangi, in the Province Orientale, DR Congo, on issues and challenges local representatives are confronted with when managing customary fees collected from artisanal timber and the forms of popular engagement implemented to demand a responsible and honorable representation of a social movement.
It is concluded from this study that traditional leaders often abuse their position due to a lack of accountability and transparency. These abuses are manifested by their unavailability to participate in public debates during village assemblies, or simply by refusing to convene it. This drives the community members to mobilize to demand transparency. This mobilization which embodies the idea of power-cons against the accountability deficit, and updates the debate on citizenship in the field of community forestry.