Lake Chad's dramatic shrinkage has brought about severe impacts on the lives of millions. To counteract this crisis, ...

While most people think of the Amazon when discussing tropical rainforests, there's another colossal green giant quietly doing incredible work for our planet. The Congo Basin rainforest spans six ...

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The Congo Basin rainforest is the second-largest tropical forest in the world, storing large volumes of carbon and hosting high levels of biodiversity. While these forests have historically stayed ...

Many people, especially Indigenous communities, depend on the Congo Basin for food, water, and materials to support their farming. In some parts of the DRC, Cameroon, and Gabon, economic hardship has ...

In the heart of the Congo Basin’s Cuvette Centrale, a large depression hosting the world’s biggest tropical wetland complex, lie two vast, shallow blackwater lakes, Lake Tumba and Lake Mai Ndombe.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A recent study created a machine-learning program that estimated the amount of carbon dioxide already stored, and sequestered annually, by ...

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 ...

Introduction / Barry Hewlett -- Cultural diversity of African Pygmies / Serge Bahuchet -- Population genetics of Central African Pygmies and non-Pygmies / Paul Verdu -- On Late Holocene population ...

The Congo River Basin, covering some 3.7 million km² across central Africa, ranks as the world’s second-largest river system by discharge. Its hydrology is characterised by a pronounced seasonal flood ...

The Climate Security Advisor/UNOCA, Mabaye Dia, took part in the 2nd African Climate Summit held from 8 to 10 September 2025 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. During the Summit, young people from the Congo ...

Western lowland gorilla walking through a cloud of butterflies in Bai Hokou, Dzanga-Sangha Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. © naturepl.com / Anup Shah / WWF ...