The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo passed a law in January 2025 to lead efforts to establish the largest ...

For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers is revealing unexpected ways to protect the planet. At sunset ...

Nestled in the heart of the Congo Basin, Odzala-Kokoua National Park is one of Central Africa’s oldest and most ecologically rich natural sanctuaries. Located in the northwestern region of the ...

Conservation groups have made progress setting up complaints systems in protected areas in the Congo Basin, but there’s still ...

A new initiative in one of the world’s most vital ecosystems – the Congo Basin – aims to unlock nature-positive, climate-resilient business opportunities for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises ...

New York, Geneva, Nairobi, 29 May 2025 A new initiative in one of the worlds most vital ecosystems the Congo Basin aims to ...

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The Congo Basin rainforest is the second-largest tropical forest in the world, storing large volumes of carbon and hosting high levels of biodiversity. While these forests have historically stayed ...

The Congo Basin—Earth’s second-largest rainforest and one of its most vital ecosystems—has lost 23 million hectares of forest since Abong’o’s so-called dinosaur encounter, an area ...

It is the year 2050. The Blue Nile has almost run dry, starved of the rains at its source that were historically sustained by atmospheric rivers flowing from the Congo Basin rainforests.

In recent years, governments in Congo Basin countries have begun striking deals with transnational corporations interested in expanding their mining operations in the region. In February 2023, the ...

By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor “Drawing on research from the 1930s, the film highlights the Congo Basin’s vital role in consuming carbon dioxide and shaping global environmental ...