What’s behind the strange rash of ’dinosaur’ sightings in the Congo?
For centuries, locals have told stories of mokele-mbembe, a legendary creature said to lurk in the Congo Basin. But as ...
Road networks stretch into Congo Basin forests: Satellites and AI help to monitor
The Congo Basin forest road map reveals some striking trends. Countries in the western part of the region (Cameroon, ...
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Progress on rights complaint systems in Congo Basin but more needed, says group
Aerial view of Monboyo River and peatland forest of Salonga ... into satellite data on vast peatland areas recently discovered by scientists in the swamps of the Congo Basin rainforest, as well ...
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New study assesses threat to wildlife from cacao expansion in Congo Basin
Wildlife in the heart of the Congo Basin, an area that stretches from western ... produced on recently deforested or degraded forest. Cameroon lost around 5% of its forest cover between 2000 ...
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Report: Logging companies plundering Congo’s rainforest
Over half of the Congo basin's 500 million hectares of forest are in Congo, whose forests boast the 5th greatest diversity of animals and plants in the world. Logging in Congo has long been ...
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Chinese gold mining threatening endangered protected site in Congo
It’s part of the Congo Basin rainforest — the world’s second-biggest — and a vital carbon sink that helps mitigate climate change. It also has vast mineral wealth such as gold and diamonds.