African rainforests slow climate change despite record heat, drought

Africa's tropical forests appear more resilient as carbon sinks than Amazonian rainforests - mopping up planet-warming carbon ...
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The crucial role of Congo's rainforest

At COP30 in Brazil, leaders are highlighting the Congo rainforest’s crucial role as the world’s largest carbon sink. Despite ...

Fatal attraction: How international trade is driving African hornbills towards extinction

Massive birds whose loud wingbeats and rollicking cries resound through tropical rainforests, African hornbills were a common ...

Away from Brazil’s ‘forest’ Cop30 – the fate of the Congo Rainforest hangs in the balance

The Democratic Republic of Congo government has opened bids for oil and gas drilling across huge swathes of the country, ...

Exclusive: European countries back $2.5 billion initiative to protect Congo rainforest

European nations have backed a $2.5 billion plan to save the Congo rainforest, France's presidency told a United Nations ...
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A rainforest in Africa tries to reverse the damage form years of conflict and neglect

The Democratic Republic of Congo is covered in rainforest and savannah, but years of armed conflict and government neglect have taken their toll. Poachers and militia groups often roam freely in the ...
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Can COP30 Unlock the Cash to Save Africa's Last Great Rainforest?

It is already evening, and the skies above Monrovia are surprisingly clear. The front view of Presidential Envoy on Climate Action, Jeanine Cooper's, yard on Mamba Point is eye-catching: a scene of ...

European countries back $2.5 billion initiative to protect Congo rainforest

BELEM, Brazil - European nations have backed a $2.5 billion plan to save the Congo rainforest, France's presidency told a ...