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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Following the shooting of Virunga's chief warden last week, WWF is calling on UK oil company Soco International PLC to pull out of the Park and respond to allegations made in a new documentary premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival.
… | 23rd April 2014 News Natural World Africa Congo DRC Oil Fossil Fuels UK … chief warden of Democratic Republic of the Congo's Virunga National Park, Emmanuel de … the park" , said Abraham. "WWF believes the Congolese citizens that depend on Virunga …
The UK Government is to examine the activities of London-based oil company Soco over alleged violations of environmental protections and human rights abuses in Africa's first National Park, home to 200 Mountain gorillas.
… Ecologist | 17th February 2014 News Africa Congo Natural World Oil Fossil Fuels UK … National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). WWF's case has exposed "material …
Campaign groups on the verge of leaving international diamond trade body because of failures to prevent military takeovers of mines, worker deaths and systematic smuggling
… necessary. NEWS Mobile phone metals fuelling Congo war Technology companies should be …
The discovery of oil in Uganda was a blessing to the impoverished East African country. But before the oil has even started pumping, disputes over tax, accusations of corruption and fears for the environment plague the sector. Alice Klein reports from Hoima
… which sits on the border of Uganda and Congo, and the surrounding forests and …
A new report reveals huge declines in the UK's migratory birds that winter deep in Africa's rainforests. Shorter distance migrants are performing much better, with some recording big population increases.
… 43%. Species wintering furthest south in the Congo Basin (represented here by cuckoos, …
With the Kimberley Process in a state of paralysis over Zimbabwean diamonds, consumers can no longer be sure they’re buying ethical jewels. Ahead of a BBC Panorama investigation into the issue, Rosie Spinks reports
… held in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The dozen African and …
Roads, mines, dams, power lines, pipelines and other infrastructure projects are fast eating into the world's 'core forests', writes Bill Laurance. These rare and precious places where wildlife and ecological processes can flourish undisturbed must come before the evanescent gains of 'development'. To save what's left, governments and funders must learn the word 'No!'
… asserts that mega-dams planned for the Congo Basin and Mekong River will also cause …
The rainforest habitat of chimpanzees and other great apes is being destroyed by the expansion of palm oil projects in central Africa, according to new evidence from Greenpeace.
… conflict and environmental damage." The Congo Basin is the world's second largest …
Wildlife crime is a multi-million dollar globalised business, ranked fourth in transnational crime in the world, with an international network sprawling across continents. Verity Largo reports from Tanzania ...
… with the conflicts in Zimbabwe, DRC and Congo, where tusks and horns are traded for …