DRC has launched a plan for a green corridor at the world's largest protected area - but local people say they haven't been ...

There is a “mismatch” between the importance of peatlands and their current level of protection, a new study warns.

Wildlife in the heart of the Congo ... Basin to be at high risk of biodiversity loss due to cocoa expansion,” said study lead author Vignesh Kamath, from the United Nations Environment Programme ...

Peatlands are important — the UN Environment Programme estimates as much as 600 billion tonnes of carbon are stored there, as decaying organic material gets trapped inside a water-rich environment.

Conservation projects across the world are reeling from the Trump administration’s abrupt decision to shut down USAID and freeze foreign aid, as groups large and small scramble to fill sudden funding ...

Despite claims that official maps are being followed ... but the global climate, as the Congo Basin rainforest serves as the world's second-largest carbon sink. Despite claims of respecting ...

Cacao cultivation is a major threat to the Congo Basin rainforest ... and overlaid this with areas of high biodiversity. Their maps show southern Cameroon, nearly all of Equatorial Guinea ...

Joint venture formed to explore Chu-Sarysu Basin, the world's third-largest sedimentary copper basin Licence package of up to ...

Megadroughts are becoming more common around the world. Among the most severe events in recent decades were multiyear droughts in the East Congo basin, southwestern North America, central Asia and ...

The map below shows the location and characteristics of the 10 most severe events, with the colours representing each individual drought and its length. The longest multi-year drought occurred in the ...