The authors estimate the gross annual value of the Congo Basin forests in 2019 at US$7.8 billion, comparable to 6.3% of regional GDP. This estimate comprises all forest values which are currently ...

The Rwandan-controlled M23 armed group has deported over 1,500 people from occupied eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to Rwanda in violation of the 1949 Geneva Conventions.

At the world’s first global congress of Indigenous peoples and local communities from forest basins, representatives began ...

Nature Human Behaviour (2020). [6] Defeating the impacts of changing climates. In Mitigating Climate Change, pp. 1–45. Springer (2022).

In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwandan-backed rebels, Congolese troops, and allied militias have all committed human rights abuses, some possibly amounting to war crimes, the ...

OTTAWA - Ottawa’s efforts to prepare the country for the impacts of climate change have stumbled out of the gate, Canada’s environment commissioner said Tuesday.

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But what Congo desperately needs during this difficult time is greater respect for human rights, not less. Since the conflict escalated in late 2024, the government has threatened action against ...

The World Bank recently approved an initial $250 million in financing for the controversial Inga 3 mega dam project in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a move that worries civil society ...

The decision also runs counter to the DRC’s international commitments in terms of environmental protection, particularly in the context of safeguarding the Congo Basin. The Cuvette Centrale ...

Allison's confirmation of Haldane's hypothesis provided the first elucidated example of human adaptation since natural selection had been proposed a century earlier. Today, this and other ...

Central Africa sits at the heart of the continent’s physical and policy challenges and opportunities. Its forests and wetlands – including the landmark Congo Basin – represent some of the world’s ...