Forest rangers say pressure is mounting. Corneille Makonga recalls how a powerful individual arrived with heavy machinery, claiming to have purchased the community’s forest despite villagers holding ...

When Brazil’s President Lula chose Belém - a coastal city close to the mouth of the Amazon River - to host the UN climate conference of Cop30, he did so to ensure that the world’s largest rainforest ...

The Republic of Congo’s Ministry of Forest Economy, in partnership with the Wildlife Conservation Society, has launched an investment plan for high-integrity forests in Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park.

Although rainforests cover only a small percentage of Earth's total surface area, they're home to half of the world's plant and animal species. As the name suggests, rainforests are also very wet: ...

DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has warned the country's vast forest resources -- crucial to countering global warning -- are at risk without faster development of its huge hydro-electricity ...

Nine Cameroonian students are part of the first cohort of scholars selected for UK-funded postgraduate research placements under the Congo Rainforest ...

By Milliam MurigiKenya’s Mau Forest Complex and Kakamega Forest are set to benefit from new climate financing under the Congo Basin Blue Fund.This is a financing mechanism aimed at protecting the ...

MANGA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec 17 (Reuters) - As world leaders haggle over a plan to fight global warming, tribes in Congo's rainforest have armed themselves with satellite GPS devices in ...