The Republic of Congo ... for the forest to regenerate and regain its ability to sequester the carbon it once did.” In 2021, the ROC government signed an agreement with the World Bank’s ...

program funded by the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF). An example of the destruction caused by semi-industrial gold mining by Mac Congo left behind in the Sangha.

The Congo Basin—Earth’s second-largest rainforest and one of its most vital ecosystems—has lost 23 million hectares of forest since ... African forests for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

There is a “mismatch” between the importance of peatlands and their current level of protection, a new study warns.

A new study finds only 17 per cent of the world’s peatlands are in protected areas, a vast under-protection considering how critical they are to carbon storage, biodiversity and water regulation. But ...

Megadroughts are becoming more common around the world. Among the most severe events in recent decades were multiyear droughts in the East Congo basin, southwestern North America, central Asia and ...

The Bambuti is a collective name for four populations of Ituri Pygmies who live in the Ituri Forest in Eastern Congo Early Egyptian records suggest the Bambuti are probably the earliest ...

Burundi faces serious climate and environmental challenges. The biggest is the country's overdependence on the use of biomass (firewood). The second is outdated agricultural practices that have led to ...

A map of Africa highlights two countries: Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, along with two major Congolese cities, Kinshasa and Goma.

Last week, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda were on the ... And today, Rwanda is seeking to redraw the map of Africa by grabbing "a big chunk of Congolese territory while ...