A new initiative in one of the world’s most vital ecosystems – the Congo Basin – aims to unlock nature-positive, climate-resilient business opportunities for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises ...

New York, Geneva, Nairobi, 29 May 2025 A new initiative in one of the worlds most vital ecosystems the Congo Basin aims to ...

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In the Congo River Basin, people who collect bundles of wood to make charcoal are playing a surprisingly large role in the deforestation of a region that rivals the Amazon in importance.

whispered in villages and embellished with each new “sighting,” and Abong’o says deforestation is the reason why. The Congo Basin—Earth’s second-largest rainforest and one of its most ...

Wildfires drive record forest loss in 2024, alarming data reveals - Fires emitted 4.1 gigatonnes of greenhouse gases, more ...

A recent study found that cacao farming in the Congo Basin, the world’s largest carbon sink, is linked with up to seven times more deforestation than other agricultural activities. Outside ...

Agribusiness plantations have already left their indelible mark on the Congo Basin's forests. As a 2022 Global Witness investigation showed, the rubber industry has been a major deforestation ...

The world’s remaining great primary forests, including those in Borneo, the Amazon and the Congo basin, are still threatened by deforestation. This harmful practice often has colonial origins.

The Congo Basin is one of the world’s last carbon sinks and a vital ... and community forests can help reduce deforestation and forest degradation. According to Pierre Ploton from the French ...

The Congo Basin rainforest is the second-largest tropical ... governments and NGOs to better protect critical areas from deforestation and forest degradation. More information: Bart Slagter ...