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 ...

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.

Large, threatened mammals such as great apes and forest elephants and other wildlife are better conserved in FSC-certified forests compared to non-certified. Key findings: FSC-certified forests a ...

Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by the humanitarian crisis. Poaching by hungry Congolese as well as by rebels is affecting populations of animals large and small. I'm Madeleine ...

PARIS, France, June 16, 2023 (ENS) – UNESCO has approved the designation of 10 new biosphere reserves in nine countries, and one transboundary biosphere reserve that stretches across the border ...

Fast-expanding logging roads in the Congo basin are becoming “highways of death” for the fierce but elusive forest elephant, according to a new study published in the journal Public Library of Science ...

High-definition trail cameras at a park in the Republic of the Congo reveal elusive rainforest animals. A photo shows two African forest elephants. Photo from Will Burrard-Lucas and Wildlife ...

As leaders gather for the second Central African Heads of State Forest Summit in Brazzaville, WWF warns that two thirds of the Congo Basin’s forests could be lost within fifty years if illegal logging ...

One of the world’s most mysterious animals, the endangered okapi, has just been offered a vital lifeline. The species has ...