For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers ...

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 Democratic ...

This path, near the Dja river in the south region of Cameroon, lay next to the small village of Bemba. The village folk, Baka ...

Health officials do not know the cause of the outbreaks, or whether the cases in the two remote villages are related ...

To date, agricultural expansion in sub-Saharan Africa has mainly been driven by small-scale subsistence farmers. Yet since 2005, 22.7 million hectares of land in sub-Saharan Africa has been acquired ...

which is home to about 60% of the forests in the Congo Basin, home to the largest expanse of tropical forest on earth. “All these viruses are viruses that have reservoirs in the forest.

The leader of the rebels who captured two key cities in eastern Congo tells The Associated Press that international sanctions ...

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James Cook University-led research has revealed secondary roads branching from major highways in tropical forests linked to ...

“He captures the animals of the forest beautifully, and it’s wonderful to see some of the rarer species that live in the Congo Basin.” One photo shows an African forest buffalo, a near ...

which is home to about 60 per cent of the forests in the Congo Basin, home to the largest expanse of tropical forest on earth. “All these viruses are viruses that have reservoirs in the forest.