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DRC boasts over 155 million hectares (67% of DRC’s total area and 60% of the Congo Basin’s Forest area), representing 18% of ...
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is home to one of the world's most important forests. But poverty and population growth are taking a toll. This infographic explains the main drivers of ...
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has taken a decisive stride towards sustainable forest management with the official ...
The Congo Basin includes the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea. Burundi and Rwanda are also included in portions ...
Forest ecosystems in the Democratic Republic of Congo contain nearly half of Africa’s dense, wet tropical forests. This resource is under increasing pressure from commercial or artisanal logging, ...
With over 10 million inhabitants in Kinshasa, traditional cookstoves in the capital have a very real and direct impact on deforestation in the country. A change in the way Kinshasa families cook daily ...
The WWF Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) programme has a large portfolio of field programmes in different landscapes, including Salonga, Lac Tumba, Virunga, Itombwe and Bas Congo, as well as ...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has announced the creation of a huge new forest reserve, the size of France. Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express.
KIBATI, Democratic Republic of Congo - Under the denuded slopes of Mount Nyiragongo volcano in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, traders in Kibati town bartered over sacks of charcoal, a ...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) is the second-largest country in Africa in terms of area. It has huge tropical rainforests, large reserves of freshwater and valuable mineral resources.
Until now, research assumed that the vast forest area of the Congo Basin, like other tropical forests, ... This expedition took him to the Kivu region in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
BUTEMBO, CONGO - JULY 27: A healthcare member inoculates a man for Ebola suspicion to take ... More precautions against the disease in Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo on July 27, 2019.