United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for mediation in the eastern Congo ahead of two meetings to address ...

Since Goma fell, I’ve lived in fear. I don’t dare leave my house.” These are the words of Justin Shamutwa Masumbuko, general ...

DRC has launched a plan for a green corridor at the world's largest protected area - but local people say they haven't been ...

See All Key Ideas Cacao cultivation is a major threat to the Congo Basin rainforest ... and the northeastern and eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo have the most favorable ...

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

M23 rebels stand with their weapons in Kibumba, in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 23 ... all the people living in the forest, all the victims, and the orphaned children.

The Kalambo Gorge, which has a width of about one kilometre and a depth of up to 300 metres, runs for about five kilometres ...

In Brazil, USAID’s largest initiative is the Partnership for the Conservation of Amazon Biodiversity, which focuses on ...

In other parks in eastern DRC, the decimation was even greater ... The war-torn DRC has the largest tract of rainforest in the Congo Basin – at 1.6 million square-kilometres, it is the second biggest ...

The conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo worsened this ... s largest tropical forest reserve to protect over 550,000 square kilometres of forest throughout the Congo River Basin. This will ...

Explosions rocked the ground in the main city in DR Congo's east on Friday as intensifying clashes between ... The road that leads towards the front line there -- through a forest of tents normally ...