Until now, research assumed that the vast forest area of the Congo Basin, like other tropical forests, releases large amounts of nitrous oxide and binds methane. Researchers have now shown that it ...

BASANKUSU, Congo (AP) — Authorities investigating the deaths of at least 60 people in northwestern Congo suspect the water source in one of the areas may have been contaminated, the World Health ...

‘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 ...

The Congo Basin is home to the world’s second largest rainforest, but it is under increasing strain from development, logging, mining, and other pressures. One of the key ways to slow the loss of ...

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 ...