By Ashoka Mukpo Conservation groups have made progress setting up complaints systems in protected areas in the Congo Basin, but there’s still a ways to go, the Rainforest Foundation UK says in a ...

The Congo Basin rainforest is the second-largest tropical forest in the world, storing large volumes of carbon and hosting high levels of biodiversity. While these forests have historically stayed ...

The Congo Basin contains the world’s second-largest rainforest at a staggering 178 million hectares (just under 440 million acres). It is also one of the biggest carbon sinks on the planet ...

The Congo Basin covers 1.3 billion acres. It spans across six nations, and its trees and soils and peat absorb about 4 percent of the world's annual carbon emissions.

Global efforts to protect Africa’s rainforests have failed to halt the rapid destruction of one of the world’s last intact tropical forests, a new study has found. The Congo Basin, second only ...

Countries in Central Africa’s Congo Basin — led by Cameroon, Congo Brazzaville, and Equatorial Guinea — are being watched closely for the possibility of future political upheaval.

Spanning over six countries, the Congo Basin is the world’s largest carbon sink. In the run-up to the Africa COP-27, Central African voices are calling for adaptation. Listen to voices of local ...

Scientists believe that the Congo Basin is the world's most important rainforest carbon sink, absorbing more carbon than even the Amazon rainforest following the mapping of vast peatlands beneath ...

The Congo Basin is one of the world’s last carbon sinks and a vital home to biodiversity. Protecting it is crucial, but this must be balanced with the needs of some of the world’s poorest communities.

The Congo River has risen to its highest level in more than 60 years, causing flooding throughout the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Congo Republic that has killed more than 300 people ...

Within the Congo Basin rainforest is also the world’s largest tropical peatland complex. Again, most of this is in the DRC. So what are the peatlands? Congo’s peatlands are basically swampy ...

Home to a staggering array of biodiversity like forest elephants, chimpanzees, bonobos, and lowland and mountain gorillas, the Congo Basin's importance for both climate and biodiversity cannot be ...