Cameroon's Baka people say they are part of the forest: That's why they look after it
This path, near the Dja river in the south region of Cameroon, lay next to the small village of Bemba. The village folk, Baka ...
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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 revealing unexpected ways to protect the planet. At sunset ...
Rwanda-backed rebels enter mineral-rich town in Congo, defying ceasefire calls
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels entered the strategic town of Walikale in eastern Congo late Wednesday, according to residents and civil society leaders, a day after the Congolese and ...
Congo says it will participate in peace talks with M23 rebels
Congo’s government will participate in peace talks in Angola on Tuesday with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group that has ...
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Africa's huge new forest reserve that's so big it's the same size as France
Yet, in recent years, one critical forest has continued to shine as a beacon of hope in the battle against climate change – the Congo Basin. Now, with an ambitious new initiative in the ...
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The surprising culprit for the loss of huge swathes of tropical forest
For every kilometre of first-cut road, the team found 4.8 kilometres of secondary roads in the Congo Basin, 9.8 in New Guinea, and 49.1 in the Amazon. The Amazon showed the most severe destruction ...
Water cooperation is essential when countries share lakes and rivers, yet it's been deteriorating in many places
Just over half the world's population shares a river or lake basin with at least one other country. To sustainably manage ...
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Africa: Lake Chad Basin Insurgents Raise the Stakes With Weaponised Drones
Analysis - ISWAP's enhanced operations and use of drone attacks represent a turning point for counter-terrorism in the region ...
Water cooperation is essential when countries share lakes and rivers – yet it’s been deteriorating in many places, with serious consequences
Conflict still occurs over shared waters; however, since the late 1800s, and particularly since the end of World War II, cooperation has been the dominant interaction between countries in the world’s ...