A peatland complex in the Congo Basin which is known to be a globally important carbon store is twice as old as previously ...

The Amazon and Congo jungles are two of the world’s most renowned and ecologically significant rainforests, but despite their ...

With images*World's largest tropical peatlands revealed to be more than 40,000 years oldA peatland complex in the Congo Basin which is known to be a ...

At sunset, humid air rises and cools over the canopy, creating clouds of mist. New research in the Congo Basin is revealing how this daily rhythm of the world’s second largest rainforest ...

A huge swath of the Congo River Basin is full of peat. In fact, scientists discovered only five years ago that the peatlands span a region the size of England.

The Congo tropical forest is simply different Date: February 7, 2022 Source: ETH Zurich Summary: Until now, research assumed that the vast forest area of the Congo Basin, like other tropical ...

For the Congo Basin, 2021 proved to be an up-and-down year. Funding commitments totaling in the billions of dollars were announced that would help forested countries preserve some of the highest ...

On Nov. 2, a group of 12 donors, including the European Commission, United Kingdom, United States and the Bezos Earth Fund, collectively pledged at least $1.5 billion in financing toward ...

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 ...

Indeed, while it is only one-third the area of the Amazon, the Congo Basin contains roughly 40% the carbon stock and its forests are proving more resilient to climate change than the southern Amazon.

In the Congo River Basin, people who collect bundles of wood to make charcoal are playing a surprisingly large role in the deforestation of a region that rivals the Amazon in importance.