These strange, sudden canopy gaps, called bais, are located only in the rainforests of the Congo Basin of west-central Africa. Some stretching the length of 40 football fields, and some only a few ...

Countries in Central Africa’s Congo Basin — led by Cameroon, Congo Brazzaville, and Equatorial Guinea — are being watched closely for the possibility of future political upheaval.

SECAM, which represents the eight regional bishops' conferences in Africa, also joined a policy brief on Indigenous rights coordinated by CIDSE, a network of most European-based Catholic ...

By Grace Kobare. The Congo Basin has the world’s second-largest rainforest, surpassed only by the Amazon Basin.It's a mix of rivers, forests, grasslands, and swamps, also known for its high levels of ...

This area, nested in the Congo Basin, is Africa's oldest national park. It's home to the only mountain gorillas left on the planet. But parts of this precious land are now up for auction.

Spanning over six countries, the Congo Basin is the world’s largest carbon sink. In the run-up to the Africa COP-27, Central African voices are calling for adaptation. Listen to voices of local ...

The authors produce a new map of customary tenure across the Congo Basin to enable their distributional analysis. The Congo Basin forests generated an estimated US$7.8 billion in 2019 ... The authors ...

Some of Africa’s best-known protected areas are found within the Congo Basin. The forest faces growing threats from logging, agriculture, mining, and infrastructure projects. (Image: Getty) ...

Hundreds dead as Congo River basin submerged by generational floods By Ange Adihe Kasongo and Benoit Nyemba January 11, 2024 12:47 PM UTC Updated January 11, 2024 ...

With up to 40,000 elephants, the TRIDOM Landscape is home to Africa’s largest forest elephant population. Unfortunately it is also one of the most dangerous places in the world for elephants, with ...

Globally, over 1 000 park rangers have been killed over the last decade. According to the World Wildlife Fund, more than 100 died on the job in Asia and Central Africa in 2018 – nearly half at the ...