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Layers of carbon: The Congo Basin peatlands and oil

$1.5 billion Congo Basin pledge a good start but not enough, experts say

The ‘idea’: Uncovering the peatlands of the Congo Basin

DRC environment minister panned for allegedly facilitating illegal concessions

Hundreds of NGOs sign open letter calling to halt “illegal activities” in DRC’s protected areas

NGOs say FSC label offers little protection for forests, Indigenous people

High risk, low pay for DRC rangers entrusted to guard a gorilla sanctuary

Gorilla baby boom sparks hope in DRC, but threats to great apes persist

Africa’s montane forests are more carbon-dense than even the Amazon

Warming climate means scientists may have overcounted bonobos, study says

Gabon becomes first African country to get paid for protecting its forests

For Africa’s great apes, even ‘best-case’ climate change will decimate habitat

Overcoming community-conservation conflict: Q&A with Dominique Bikaba

In DRC, community ownership of forests helps guard the Grauer’s gorilla

New survey nearly doubles Grauer’s gorilla population, but threats remain

Global forest loss increased in 2020

Pension and endowment funds linked to conflict-plagued oil palm in DRC

How the pandemic impacted rainforests in 2020: a year in review

Report: WWF knew about rights abuses by park rangers, but didn’t respond effectively

As energy needs drive demand for minerals, forests face greater threats

With a drastic decline in tropical fruit, Gabon’s rainforest mega-gardeners go hungry

Less than half of world’s humid tropical forests have high ecological integrity: Study

Probe begins into alleged deforestation by Olam, ‘world’s largest farmer’

Twelve rangers killed in latest Virunga Park incident

Images from a dropped phone reveal the ugly truth behind bonobo trafficking

For great apes at risk of infection, COVID-19 is also an economic threat

National parks in Africa shutter over COVID-19 threat to great apes

Palm oil giant Olam under scrutiny again over Gabon plantations

Past and future tropical dams devastating to fish the world over: Study

Subsistence farming topples forests near commercial operations in Congo

Liberia expands a key elephant park again, this time with help of locals

2019: The year rainforests burned

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