The rainforest contains eight World Heritage Sites and is critical to fighting climate change. But recent moves by the DRC government have conservationists worried. JOE SANDLER CLARKE reports for UNEARTED
… Political turmoil in DRC puts Congo basin rainforest in the crosshairs Joe Sandler Clarke | 24th July 2018 News Congo Rainforest The newly discovered area of … President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Joseph Kabila to grant oil and logging …
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 …
Megabiodiversity in the Congo Basin can be preserved by sustainable forest management and wood certification.
… Megabiodiversity in the Congo Basin Benoit Jobbé Duval | 30th April … 2019 News Forest Management Biodiversity Congo Thought Leaders … Megabiodiversity in the Congo Basin can be preserved by sustainable … forest management and wood certification. The Congo Basin in Central Africa is home to …
Scientists have found that the world's second greatest rainforest, the Congo, is losing its green, writes Tim Radford. As temperatures rise and rainfall reduces, the forest canopy is taking on a browner hue, and this could be an early signal of worse damage to come.
… Congo rainforest 'browning' as temperatures … | 30th April 2014 News Forests Africa Amazon Congo Water Climate Change Ecology congo-forest-tree.jpg Scientists have found …
An attack on a Park Ranger patrol in Congo's Virunga National Park has left 4 dead and 2 injured. The perpetrators? Rwandan militias linked to the 1994 genocide.
… Rwandan militia murder Congo 'gorilla guardian' The Ecologist | 13th January 2014 News Congo Africa Rwanda Gorillas An attack on a Park Ranger patrol in Congo's Virunga National Park has left 4 dead …
Legal experts ClientEarth welcome new Forest Code from the Republic of Congo government.
… welcome new Forest Code from the Republic of Congo government. The Republic of Congo has passed an historic new law ensuring … Forests in the country are part of the Congo Basin – the second largest tropical …
Technology companies should be honest with customers about the origin of the metals in their products, says NGO Global Witness
… Mobile phone metals fuelling Congo war The Ecologist | 17th February 2010 … Society Science And Technology Mobile Phones Congo Minerals drc picture.jpg Global Witness … mineral mining is fuelling war in eastern Congo Technology companies should be honest …
Moves by unknown shell companies to control lucrative natural resources may have cost Democratic Republic of Congo $1 billion in lost revenue, as UK-listed mining company Glencore under pressure to explain deals
… may have cost Democratic Republic of Congo $1 billion in lost revenue, as UK-listed … issues from Glencore’s little known Congo operations. In July 2011 Bloomberg … series of deals in the Democratic Republic of Congo involving two mines that Glencore …
Congolese Police have cracked down on peaceful, legal protests to keep a UK oil company out of Virunga National Park, important for its 200 mountain gorillas.
… The Ecologist | 1st February 2014 News Congo Africa Natural World Oil Fossil Fuels virunga-farmer.png Congolese Police have cracked down on … ministers have arrived in Goma, eastern Congo from Kinshasa for a meeting about the …
The Democratic Republic of Congo is to consult UNESCO, writes Melanie Gouby, over its wish to 'explore judiciously' for oil in Africa's first and most biodiverse National Park and World Heritage Site.
… DRC Congo wants to develop Virunga's oil Melanie … The Democratic Republic of Congo is to consult UNESCO, writes Melanie … Heritage Site. The Democratic Republic of Congo's prime minister has said that his … toll on the park's ecosystem. In 2007, the Congolese ministry of hydrocarbons awarded two …
Rangers have detected gorilla families in Virunga National Park for the first time since fighting broke out between M23 rebels and government forces earlier this year
… Congo’s rangers locate first mountain gorilla … The Ecologist | 7th August 2012 News Gorillas Congo Virunga Civil War Search Natural World … for the missing mountain gorilla families in Congo’s Virunga National Park, finding four of …
Canadian authorities urged to bring in ethical guidelines for extractive industries as Anvil Mining faces court case for alleged role in the killing of 70 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo
… Congo massacre case prompts call for crackdown … News Mining Canada DRC Energy Natural World congomining.jpg Canadian mining company Anvil … to have provided logistical support to the Congolese military Canadian authorities urged …
Call for answers over British government financing of palm oil firm’s actions in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
… Reporter | 21st February 2020 News Leigh Day Congo DRC Palm Oil Investment Change Makers … firm’s actions in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A group of environmental NGOs, … communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), have written to financier CDC …
Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo has halted mountain gorilla tourism.
… Mountain Gorillas Democratic Republic Of Congo mountain_gorilla_virunga1.jpg Virunga … National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo has halted mountain gorilla tourism. … National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo has halted mountain gorilla tourism …
Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia all face a year of political turmoil - placing their vast rainforests in peril.
… x Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia all face a year of … in Brazil and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and presidential elections in Indonesia … home,” he said. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, deforestation remains relatively high …
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 …
The Ecologist has apologised to SOCO International following an article we published based on a report by Global Witness about the company's operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
… operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. On 10th September 2014 we published an article entitled 'Congo: Africa's oldest National Park under … National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo including suggestions that SOCO were …
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 …
The increase in population in Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda from 380 to 480 is due to efforts to reduce poaching and disease, say scientists
… in population in Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda from 380 to 480 is … des Virunga in the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to the census, which was … the governments of Rwanda, Uganda and Congo are currently scrutinising a new treaty …
Damning UN investigation condemns WWF flagship project in Congo and reveals massive scale of abuse.
… condemns WWF flagship project in Congo and reveals massive scale of abuse. A … scheme to turn the Messok Dja area of Congo into a national park after Survival … ago, we told WWF that its projects in the Congo Basin risked depriving the local tribal …
The eastern lowland gorilla, found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is now critically endangered, with only 4,000 individuals surviving. Dominique Bikaba, a conservationist working to save this incredible ape - a close relative to humans - was last night presented with a 'Green Oscar', writes CATHERINE HARTE
… found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is now critically endangered, with only … extinction in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was presented with a prestigious … gorilla in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is remarkable what has been achieved …
If trends continue the world’s great apes are doomed to extinction. But one unique rehabilitation project in West Africa is challenging this bleak picture. Beatrice Newbery reports
… West Lowland Gorillas Democratic Republic Of Congo Conservation Extinction Gorilla Santuary … orphanage in the neighbouring Republic of Congo, but when civil war broke out there, he … walk, across the border in the Republic of Congo. Once the gorillas have been left to …
Africa sustains some of the most spectacular ecosystems on the planet - from the Sergengeti to the Congo Basin to the Eastern Arc forests. But those ecosystems and their iconic wildlife are now facing their greatest peril, writes William Laurance - a mining boom of unprecedented intensity.
… on the planet - from the Sergengeti to the Congo Basin to the Eastern Arc forests. But … For example, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sicomines, a China-Congolese joint venture, is pouring $9 billion …
The vast dams clogging the veins of Africa are instruments of control rather than promised hydroelectric liberation. Khadija Sharife investigates.
… (89 per cent) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (99 per cent), in conjunction with a … including Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, … down here before we even go up to the Congo,’ he said. DRC’s Grand Inga, the world’s …