For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers ...

It’s part of the Congo Basin rainforest — the world’s second-biggest — and a vital carbon sink that helps mitigate climate change. It also has vast mineral wealth such as gold and diamonds.

Secondary roads accounted for forest loss and degradation rates that were 31.5 times greater than first-cut roads in the Congo Basin, 22.2 times greater in New Guinea, and 305.2 times greater in ...

Madagascar has been particularly hard hit by deforestation, having lost half its forests over the past 60 years. While Congo-Brazzaville has maintained a low deforestation rate compared to ...