Deforestation, weak governance and extractive pressures also threaten this vital ecosystem, scientists said in the landmark COP30 report ...

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

As they marked the Season of Creation, Catholics in Africa celebrated the Congo Basin as the second "lung" of the Earth and called for its protection to fight climate change. The celebrations in an ...

Three countries in Central Africa’s Congo Basin are being closely watched for the possibility of a future political upheaval or coups after the fall of the Bongo dynasty in neighboring Gabon. Cameroon ...

Carbon markets in the Democratic Republic of Congo press forward with tangible payouts to forest communities. DRC’s REDD+ ...

The World Wildlife Fund is a nonprofit known for its international conservation campaigns, from safeguarding huge swaths of the Amazon to rehabilitating the wild tiger population worldwide. But the ...

Gabon's government and a coalition of donors have signed an agreement aimed at protecting 34,000 square km (13,000 square ...

A jewel of global biodiversity, the Congo Basin forest, which extends over six African countries, is still not receiving enough environmental protection funding. Between 2008 and 2017, this region ...

In the Congo Basin, unsustainable use of the environment and natural resources is diminishing people's resilience to climate change and destroying communities' livelihoods, say Catholic bishops and ...

Congo Basin countries have announced the launch of a payments for environmental services, or PES, initiative at the COP30 ...

The Congo Basin has some of the most beautiful landscapes, from dense forests to towering cliffs. As you canyon, you'll be ...

Leaders of seven Central African countries have signed a landmark treaty to work together to help save the world’s second largest rain forest, but the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner, herself an African ...