Ecological impact of the spatiotemporal distribution of termite hills of the Katanga mine area and their agronomic potentiality in an ecological system Soils-Termite hills-Vegetation.

In this research project the use of termite materials as a natural soil amendment will be tested in the tradional agricultural systems of the local farmers through the monitoring of experimental plots.The dynamics of heavy metals in termite mounds will be studied as well especially in areas where rocks containing these heavy metals occur close to the surface. This will allow us to assess the potential pollution of the agricultural lands.