A 145,000 sq km area of peatland swamp forest has been discovered in the Congo Basin, writes Tim Radford, and it holds a record 30 Gt of carbon, equivalent to 20 years of US fossil fuel emissions. Now the race is on to protect it from damaging development that would emit that carbon over coming decades.
… World's biggest tropical carbon sink found in Congo rainforest Tim Radford | 16th January 2017 News Congo Forests Emissions Climate Change Science congo-cut.jpg A 145,000 sq km area of peatland …
Dian Fossey dedicated her life to the study of the critically endangered mountain gorilla. CURTIS ABRAHAM looks into her life, sudden death and the lasting legacy she left in mountain gorilla preservation.
… a year’s natural history study on the D. R .Congo side of Parc National des Virunga, which … In late 1967, when political crisis in the Congo forced Fossey to relocate her fieldwork … gorillas (Gorilla beringei graueri) in the Congo. Harcourt was holidaying in the Congo …
As China pursues a startling array of energy, mining, logging, agricultural, transport and other infrastructure projects on virtually every continent, it is having an unprecedented impact on the planet, writes William Laurance. It's not that China is any worse than historic colonial powers - the difference is in the sheer scale and pace of environmental destruction, and the total lack of oversight under which Chinese mega-corporations operate.
… Park . Even in the remote interior of the Congo Basin, Chinese companies are heavily … observed in Cameroon and the Republic of Congo. Thinking big China also is proposing a … construct the Grand Inga dam project on the Congo River, a series of dams that could …
From child-soldier to Netflix star, the Congolese park ranger has won his award for stopping oil exploration in the Virunga National Park. He talks to SOPHIE MORLIN-YRON
… From child-soldier to Netflix star, the Congolese park ranger has won his award for … park ranger from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) told his co-workers who were … as a ranger working in conservation in Congo, you are isolated in faraway areas, and …
Survival International argues that the activities of WWF in the Congo Basin have been shown to be doing tremendous damage to rainforest tribes like the Baka, without effectively protecting the environment. But efforts to hold them to account have been frustrated, the director of Survival, STEPHEN CORRY, argues.
… argues that the activities of WWF in the Congo Basin have been shown to be doing … to establish new parks elsewhere in the Congo Basin. They don’t bother to pretend they …
For a generation the nature of warfare in Africa has evolved due to technological advances. The scale of destructiveness in modern warfare has increased. This has had a negative impact on wildlife and its habitats, which had traditionally protected wild animals and environments. CURTIS ABRAHAM reports.
… conflict is the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In November/ December 1996, when … of Democratic Forces of the Liberation of Congo-Zaïre (ADFL) reportedly slaughtered … in the Belgian monarchy that once ruled the Congo, came under attack by multiple gunmen …
Displaced from their ancestral land, the Batwa people of the Democratic Republic of Congo have faced years of instability. A new eco-village offers hope to the community, but fulfilling basic needs while still respecting cultural identities is a delicate balance. KATIE DANCEY-DOWNS reports
… Batwa people of the Democratic Republic of Congo have faced years of instability. A new … and the Institute for Conservation of Congolese Nature, the governing body protecting Congolese Nature reserves, with the hope that …
The real nature of war and its impacts on people and environment can only be understood through its ecology, surgeon Gus Abu-Sitta tells Andre Vltchek: the causes of conflict, the dynamics that sustain it, the corporate and strategic interests bent on its perpetuation, the deliberate destruction of health provision, and the repeating cycles of infection, injury, poverty and human misery which have become a permanent reality for uncounted millions.
… 2017 Comment War Ecology Health Middle East Congo India gaza-child-hospital-cut.jpg The … who have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo, since the 1995 Rwandan invasion ... Now … groundbreaking documentary about Rwanda and DRCongo. After having lived in Latin America, …
A bill to quadruple the UK's aid funding to a profit-driven 'private equity' company owned by the government comes before MPs today for its third reading, writes Global Justice Now. Trouble is the investments do little or nothing for the poor, and instead entrench corporate power in health, education and infrastructure. Parliament should seize this last chance to reject the new law.
… oil plantations in Democratic Republic of Congo, failing to provide decent wages and … "Land Conflicts and Shady Finances Plague DR Congo Palm Oil Company Backed by Development … "Land Conflicts and Shady Finances Plague DR Congo Palm Oil Company Backed by Development …
Land grabbing has been going on since the mists of time, writes Nikita Sud, and took off like never before under European colonialism. But now 'developing' countries are also getting in on the act - notably China, an economic superpower in its own right, as it ruthlessly, and often corruptly, expands its global land holdings at the expense of nature and small scale farmers.
… oil plantations in the Democratic Republic of Congo . Some of the countries that were once …
Though the Earth loses forests at an alarming rate, the EU has yet to take decisive action against the most severe causes of deforestation. The EU must now act swiftly to ensure its consumption no longer drives forest destruction, writes SÉBASTIEN RISSO
… in many parts of the world, including the Congo Basin and the Brazilian Amazon , where …
Award winning documentary maker Bruce Parry has raised the money to direct his first independent film. He wants to tell the story of the Penan indigenous tribe - so we can learn the secret of interconnected living. But should we believe him, asks BRENDAN MONTAGUE in Part II of this exclusive interview.
… south-east Asia. “I went with him into the Congo and we go and live with the earliest, … to tens of thousands of people throughout the Congo’. And I didn't know that.” Parry …
A recently discovered peatland in northeast Peru contains two years worth of US carbon emissions, writes Joe Sandler Clarke, but it's under threat from the rapidly advancing 'palm oil frontier'. Now scientists are calling for the wetland's immediate protection - before it's too late to save it.
… , thought to be the size of England in the Congo Basin, added to conservation calls in …
Over 90% of major armed conflicts between 1950-2000 occurred in countries containing biodiversity hotspots,writes Alex Reid, and more than 80% of these took place in the hotspot areas themselves. This poses a major challenge to the conservation community: to work in combat zones to strengthen environmental protection before, during and after conflicts. Or better still, to defuse incipient conflicts and resolve those under way, to reduce their toll on people, and nature.
… into Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC)), Uganda and Tanzania. High demand …
March 8 is World Women Day, but today (March 3) there's another good reason to reflect on the role of women in society, write CAMILLA ROLANDO MAZZUCA & BROTOTI ROY. On this day last year the awarded environmental activist Berta Caceres was killed
… Vincent Machozi in the Democratic Republic of Congo , Sikhosiphi Bazooka Rhadebe in South …
Survival International has accused the WWF of failing to listen to and protect indigenous communities from abuse when operating in Africa. WWF denies the claims. Now Survival has abandoned a formal complaint and is turning to the public for support. STEPHEN CORRY, the director, explains why
… Baka, and a new national park (Messok Dja in Congo) proposed without even telling the …
Venezuela is set to hand over 12% of the nation's territory in the upper reaches of the Amazon rainforest to mining corporations, writes Lucio Marcello, with 150 companies from 35 countries poised to devastate the army-controlled 'special economic zone'. But resistance is growing, and a counter-proposal aims to protect the area's precious biodiversity, indigenous cultures and water resources in a new South Orinoco Mega Reserve.
… and gold respectively), Afridiam from DR Congo (diamonds, gold and coltan), Bedeschi …