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 ...

Several years ago, an international consortium of researchers revealed that based on a sample of tropical old-growth forest plots across the Congo Basin, the rainforest appears to be storing ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

At the COP27 climate talks in Egypt this week, world leaders have sought to accelerate efforts to halt deforestation by 2030 - in line with a pledge 140 countries made last year to preserve forests.

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.