With the announcement of two major forest finance initiatives at the climate talks in Belém, Brazil, there is renewed hope ...

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, Archbishop of Kinshasa, warned at the COP30 climate summit that the Congo Basin forest is critically endangered.

The degradation of the vast Congo Basin, known as the world’s “second lung”, is taking a toll across the African continent and threatening one of the world’s most traded and beloved crops: cocoa.

Central African Regional Program for the Environment: summary of results and lessons learned from the first phase -- What is CARPE?: the Central African Regional Program for the Environment -- Rich ...

The Congo Basin is now home to over four million hectares (ha) of sustainably managed forests following certification by the Forest Stewardship Council of numerous locations in the region. Yaoundé, ...

This tropical rainforest supports millions of people and is home to spectacular wildlife – but we’re not talking about the Amazon... This tropical rainforest supports millions of people and is home to ...

European governments and multilateral lenders have endorsed a $2.5bn programme to support conservation in the Congo Basin, the world’s second-largest rainforest, in an initiative led by France and ...

OSLO, May 27 (Reuters) - A tract of tropical forest in the Congo Basin mapped with the help of local pygmies has become the largest in the world certified under a system meant to ensure responsible ...

MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) - Sections of a renowned peatland tropical forest in the Congo Basin that plays a crucial role in Africa's climate system go up for oil and gas auction in Kinshasa in the ...

(MENAFN- Pressat) WASHINGTON, October 20, 2025 - The Congo Basin, home to the world's second-largest tropical rainforest, holds immense value for not only the six countries it spans, but for the ...

Until now, research assumed that the vast forest area of the Congo Basin, like other tropical forests, releases large amounts of nitrous oxide and binds methane. Researchers have now shown that it ...