For climate researchers who track greenhouse gas exchanges between the forest and the atmosphere ... Lewis led a team several years ago to map the extent of the Congo Basin peatlands.

High-Resolution Global Maps of 21st-Century Forest cover change ... Conservation and conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo: The impacts of warfare, mining, and protected areas on deforestation.

A study has revealed that the Miombo woodland stores far more carbon than people realized. That could mean that protecting this vast area has more economic value than cutting it down.

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The team, led by Matthew Hansen, has been working to help government authorities in the Congo Basin accurately map their forests ... they can’t protect that forest,” said a conservation ...

According to WEF, the reserve will form the world’s largest protected forest ... Congo. The region has recently seen Rwandan-backed M23 rebels make significant advances while reportedly committing ...

“The war in the Democratic Republic of Congo had a large impact on elephant ... Wildlife Conservation Society. Photos of forest and savanah elephants, conservation survey and patrol teams in the DRC, ...

Yet, in recent years, one critical forest has continued to shine as a beacon of hope in the battle against climate change – the Congo Basin. Now, with an ambitious new initiative in the ...

At least half a million people have been displaced by the fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo over the past two ...