In 1999, Kamiss estimated the human population of the special forest reserve to be 4,500, Within the general population, 2,000-3,000 Baka people live in mud huts or wooden shacks in villages across the reserve.
The largest of the villages is Bayanga, while Moussapoula, Kunda Papaye, and Yobe comprise the smaller ones.
Babongo and Lindjombo are difficult to reach.
Yandombe, just south of Bayanga, is a fairly new settlement established in 1990.
Most agricultural activity, such as subsistence farming, occurs along the main north-south axis road that connects the villages north of Bayanga with Lindjombo to the far south.
The main diet of the indigenous people includes cassava, corn, peanuts, robusta coffee, cocoyams, bananas, papayas, wild berries and koko leaf.
Fences erected around fields are made of string with various suspended objects such as cans, plastic bags, and milk tin lids.

Morrissey noted in 1998 that the unemployment rate was in excess of 90% in this region of the Central African Republic.
In November 1996, 20 scholars from the American Museum of Natural History spent time in the village of Bayanga, collecting data on the reserve's eco system and traditional ways of life.
In 1999, Kamiss estimated the human population of the special forest reserve to be 4,500, Within the general population, 2,000-3,000 Baka people live in mud huts or wooden shacks in villages across the reserve. The largest of the villages is Bayanga, while Moussapoula, Kunda Papaye, and Yobe comprise the smaller ones. Babongo and Lindjombo are difficult to reach. Yandombe, just south of Bayanga, is a fairly new settlement established in 1990. Most agricultural activity, such as subsistence farming, occurs along the main north-south axis road that connects the villages north of Bayanga with Lindjombo to the far south. The main diet of the indigenous people includes cassava, corn, peanuts, robusta coffee, cocoyams, bananas, papayas, wild berries and koko leaf. Fences erected around fields are made of string with various suspended objects such as cans, plastic bags, and milk tin lids.
Morrissey noted in 1998 that the unemployment rate was in excess of 90% in this region of the Central African Republic. In November 1996, 20 scholars from the American Museum of Natural History spent time in the village of Bayanga, collecting data on the reserve's eco system and traditional ways of life.
Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve