"Tropical rainforest" might conjure images of close ... are located only in the rainforests of the Congo Basin of west-central Africa. Some stretching the length of 40 football fields, and some ...

We were in one of the most remote places on earth, deep in Congo's rainforest. Reaching a safe ... President Mobutu put the place on the map with a palace complex - dubbed Versailles in the ...

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.