By Mongabay.com The Republic of Congo has one of the lowest deforestation rates in the world, but “uncontrolled gold mining” ...

If deforestation and forest degradation continue unchecked, at least 27 percent of the undisturbed rainforests in the Congo ...

Public boats, with ample sleeping quarters, plied the Congo ... the river is low and malty. Falcons soar, and waterfowl skitter across the sky. Every few miles the immensity of rain forest hemming ...

Research at Congo Basin Water Resources Research Center shows that while Congo River high water levels can cause "backwater effects"—the upstream rise in water level caused by reduced flow ...

New data from a non-profit reveals that humans have degraded or destroyed roughly two-thirds of the world’s original tropical rainforest ... centred around the Congo River basin, due to ...

Salonga National Park is Africa's largest tropical rainforest reserve. Situated at the heart of the central basin of the Congo river, the park is very isolated and accessible only by water. It is the ...

In the heart of the Congo Basin, the Republic of Congo protects a globally significant rainforest, covering over 60% of the nation. This biodiversity hotspot and vital carbon sink is crucial for the ...

The Okapi Wildlife Reserve occupies about one-fifth of the Ituri forest in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Congo river basin ... as refuge for the tropical rainforest. To ...

France and Cameroon signed the first ever Central African debt-for-nature swap, which will see millions of dollars invested in protecting parts of the Congo River Basin, the world’s second largest ...

The longest rivers in the world stretch over thousands of kilometres. From the Amazon to the Nile, they are crucial to human ...

Research at Congo Basin Water Resources Research Center shows that while Congo River high water levels can cause "backwater effects" - the upstream rise in water level caused by reduced flow ...