Congo Basin countries have announced the launch of a payments for environmental services, or PES, initiative at the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, intended to encourage practices favorable to ...

Since the gorillas move across a wide area, the trek is unpredictable in length and terrain. On day one, we followed a dirt ...

Despite a panoply of projects — from tree-planting drives to agroforestry schemes — a new study finds that much of what’s happening in the name of “forest restoration” in the Congo Basin may not be ...

WASHINGTON, October 20, 2025 - The Congo Basin, home to the world's second-largest tropical rainforest, holds immense value for not only the six countries it spans, but for the planet. A new World ...

Many people, especially Indigenous communities, depend on the Congo Basin for food, water, and materials to support their farming. In some parts of the DRC, Cameroon, and Gabon, economic hardship has ...