Oil exploration in the Congo rainforest would be a pollution disaster for communities that depend on it and for wildlife.

Unraveling the mysteries of the world’s most critical rainforest For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers is ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. The Belgian empire invaded the Congo rainforest during the late 19th century and swiftly established itself as the cruelest imperial force in Africa. The ...

Indeed, while it is only one-third the area of the Amazon, the Congo Basin contains roughly 40% the carbon stock and its forests are proving more resilient to climate change than the southern Amazon.

Fearing a major climate setback, U.S. urges care of Congo River basin Environmentalists worry disturbing the ecosystem in pursuit of fossil fuels could produce up to three years worth of global ...

When I go back I will transfer this information so that others can be climate activists too. If Congolese people are outside the climate spaces, they will not know how to save the Congo rainforest.

As leaders, activists and policymakers deliberate climate change action at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt, the world’s forests are once again under the ...

As the 2022 United Nations climate change summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (COP27) heads into its second and final week, three countries are taking action to protect the world’s tropical rainforest.

As Brazil held the first Amazon summit in 14 years, WLRN spoke with expert Tracy Devine Guzmán about the importance of the rainforest to South Florida.

Leaders from South American nations that are home to the Amazon are challenging developed countries to do more to stop massive destruction of the world’s largest rainforest. The members of th… ...

Earth’s ‘second lung’ is under threat. Losing the Congo Basin forests would set the fight against climate change back 20 years Fortune·SAMIR TOUNSI - AFP - Getty Images Lee White Updated ...