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

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has announced the creation of a huge new forest reserve, the size of France.

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

Analysis of satellite imagery of the Brazilian Amazon, the Congo Basin and New Guinea helps to show that ‘secondary’ roads ...

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

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The WHO Africa office said the quick progression from sickness to death in Boloko is a key concern, along with the high number of deaths in Bomate. Congo’s Ministry of Health said about 80 per cent of ...

While Congo-Brazzaville has maintained a low deforestation rate compared to neighbouring countries in the Congo Basin, its forests are increasingly under pressure from logging, agriculture and ...

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.