Unraveling the mysteries of the world’s most critical rainforest
For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers ...
A forest the size of Mexico could store twice as much carbon as was thought. That makes its conservation even more valuable
A study has revealed that this giant African woodland stores far more carbon than people realized. That could mean that ...
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Only 17% of peatlands, vital to curbing climate change, are protected, study finds
A map showing human pressure on peatlands ... And the extent of the world’s largest known tropical peatlands in the Congo Basin only came to light in the late 2010s. To check the accuracy ...
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Across the world, conservation projects reel after abrupt US funding cuts
The team, led by Matthew Hansen, has been working to help government authorities in the Congo Basin accurately map their forests in order to receive payments for keeping them intact. With the ...
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Colonising Africa: What happened at the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885?
Belgium’s King Leopold also sent emissaries to secure recognition of the “International Congo Society”, an association formed to establish his personal control of the Congo Basin.
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Innovative Solutions for a Fragile Planet: The Atos-WWF Partnership in Action
Since November 2023 the partnership between Atos and WWF has focused on developing digital tools to support conservationists in protecting wildlife, monitoring biodiversity, and preventing the spread ...
Gigatonnes of carbon are stored in under-protected areas
A new study finds only 17 per cent of the world’s peatlands are in protected areas, a vast under-protection considering how critical they are to carbon storage, biodiversity and water regulation. But ...
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Just 17% of world’s peatlands are protected, new study warns
The top map shows the whole planet, while the three inset maps below highlight chosen case studies in Peru, the Congo Basin and Indonesia. The authors find that globally, 22 per cent per cent of ...