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Africa’s forests are now emitting more CO2 than they absorb

Logging and mining are destroying swathes of the Congo rainforest, with the result that African forests went from being a ...
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Earth’s ‘second lung’ is under threat. Losing the Congo Basin forests would set the fight against climate change back 20 years

It is the year 2050. The Blue Nile has almost run dry, starved of the rains at its source that were historically sustained by atmospheric rivers flowing from the Congo Basin rainforests. Nearly half a ...

European countries back $2.5 billion initiative to protect Congo rainforest

European nations have backed a $2.5 billion plan to save the Congo rainforest, France's presidency told a United Nations ...
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Boost for wise forest management in the Congo

In an important boost for the conservation and sustainable management of the Congo basin forests, the total Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified area in Cameroon has exceeded one million ...
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African forests have officially flipped. Instead of absorbing carbon, they’re now releasing it

On average, Africa’s tropical forests gained carbon until 2010, then lost it rapidly—especially between 2015 and 2017. Gains ...
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What would it cost to protect the Congo Rainforest?

If you liked this story, share it with other people. How much does it cost to protect the Congo Rainforest? Where does the money come from? Who pays and how is that money used? What models of forest ...

Which is the Oldest Rainforest on Earth?

Discover the oldest rainforests on Earth including Daintree, Khao Sok, Taman Negara, and the Congo Rainforest. Learn about ...
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COP28 cements goal to halt forest loss in 7 years, but where’s the money?

While COP28 in Dubai included a goal to halt and reverse forest loss by the end of the decade, tropical forest nations say they are still not seeing the funding required to keep forests standing. The ...
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'Mother Lode' Of Gorillas Found In Congo Forests

Gorilla experts with the Wildlife Conservation Society say they've made a spectacular find in isolated forests of the Republic of Congo: a large group of previously undiscovered western lowland ...
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Congo basin forest critically at risk, warns Cardinal Ambongo at COP30

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, Archbishop of Kinshasa, warned at the COP30 climate summit that the Congo Basin forest is critically endangered.
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Jengi fever: Forest management in the Congo Basin

More and more logging companies are turning to sustainable forest management practices — something widely ignored in the past. Find out more on how a WWF project in Cameroon is introducing sustainable ...
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"Wild West" timber trade threatens Congo forests: report

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Officials in Democratic Republic of Congo are colluding with foreign logging firms to support illegal logging, harming local communities and risking the destruction of the world's ...