"Tropical rainforest" might conjure images of close ... These strange, sudden canopy gaps, called bais, are located only in the rainforests of the Congo Basin of west-central Africa.

undermining efforts to protect the world’s second largest rainforest, a campaign group said on Wednesday (3 June). The Democratic Republic of Congo's biggest logging companies are systematically ...

The Congo rainforest covers the very heart of Africa. From the crowded, competitive centre of the forest to the open edge of the Atlantic ocean, this is all about carving out space in a crowded world.