When it came online in October 2020, it became the first ever to be located in the Congo Basin. For climate researchers who track greenhouse gas exchanges between the forest and the atmosphere ...

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 ...

According to the Rainforest Trust, it is home to rare and endangered animals such as forest elephants, bonobos, gorillas, okapis, and the Congo peacock. Beyond its biodiversity, the Congo Basin ...

The deforestation and forest degradation associated with the secondary roads also varied greatly across regions. In the Congo Basin, deforestation associated with secondary roads was 31.5 times ...

Secondary roads accounted for forest loss and degradation rates that were 31.5 times greater than first-cut roads in the Congo Basin, 22.2 times greater in New Guinea, and 305.2 times greater in ...