he Congo Basin is the second largest contiguous tropical forest area on earth. Even though it is so vast and plays such a major role in the global climate system, there is no empirical data on the ...

An initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by offering carbon credits to countries that reduce deforestation may be one of the best mechanisms for promoting sustainable development in Central ...

Stretching across central Africa, the Congo Basin forest is the second largest tract of rainforest in the world and a lifeline for more than 60 million people – providing food and income for many ...

The Republic of Congo’s high forest cover and low annual deforestation rates of just over 0.05 percent have led to the country being named as a priority country by the UN’s REDD+ program. The country ...

Sections of a renowned peatland tropical forest in the Congo Basin that plays a crucial role in Africa's climate system go up for oil and gas auction in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the ...

The equivalent of 85 billion tons of carbon dioxide — a huge amount equal to three-quarters of the carbon stored in forests across the contiguous United States — is locked in the living vegetation of ...

Tropical forests are globally important for biodiversity and have the potential to modulate climatic changes through feedbacks to the climate system. Central African tropical forests — the second ...

Local climate activists in Congo are hoping Pope Francis’ visit will help spur action to protect the country’s rainforest from oil and gas interests. The Pope’s call to protect Congo’s “great green ...

‘How can we accept that entire communities are being destroyed in the search for lithium, cobalt or nickel? How can we tolerate carbon markets turning our forests into financial assets?’ Cardinal ...

Travis Drake received funding from the Swiss National Science Fund. Johan Six received funding from Swiss National Science Fund. Matti Barthel receives funding from Swiss National Science Fund. The ...