For centuries, at least, the indigenous Bantu peoples of Central, East, and Southern Africa have traded tales of a lumbering creature living in the Congo River Basin. The alleged dinosaur-like ...

The Congo Basin—Earth’s second-largest rainforest and one of its most vital ecosystems—has lost 23 million hectares of forest since Abong’o’s so-called dinosaur encounter, an area ...

See All Key Ideas Cacao cultivation is a major threat to the Congo Basin rainforest, with new research showing just where expanding cultivation could imperil the region’s rich wildlife.

Represent WWF Central Africa region in IRF, GRAA and other ranger related meetings at national, regional and international level. Lead the renewal of the Congo Basin Forest strategy and approach for a ...

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a multilateral fund dedicated to confronting biodiversity loss, climate change, pollution, and strains on land and ocean health. Over the past three decades, ...

In October 2024, climate activists in the DRC won the suspension of a controversial oil and gas licence auction that threatened the Congo Basin rainforest and Virunga National Park, two carbon ...

This destruction threatens not just local biodiversity, but the global climate, as the Congo Basin rainforest serves as the world's second-largest carbon sink. Despite claims of respecting ...

This destruction threatens not just local biodiversity, but the global climate, as the Congo Basin rainforest serves as the world’s second-largest carbon sink. Despite claims of respecting ...

Congo is home to most of the Congo Basin rainforest, the world’s second-biggest, and most of the world’s largest tropical peatland, made up of partially decomposed wetland plant material. Together, ...

See All Key Ideas This article was produced with the support of the Pulitzer Center Rainforest Investigations ... Situated in the Congo Basin, the world’s largest carbon sink, absorbing 750 ...