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African Parks vows to investigate allegations of abuse at Congolese park

Mongabay’s top 10 podcast episodes of 2023

COP28 cements goal to halt forest loss in 7 years, but where’s the money?

New data show 10% increase in primary tropical forest loss in 2022

Survival and economics complicate the DRC’s bushmeat and wild animal trade

Inaugural Indigenous women’s forum spotlights Congo Basin conservation

What happened in the world’s rainforests in 2022?

Element Africa: Mines take their toll on nature and communities

In Congo, a carbon sink like no other risks being carved up for oil

‘That’s a scam’: Indian firm’s REDD+ carbon deal in the DRC raises concern

Loggers close in on one of the world’s oldest biosphere reserves

In the DRC’s forests, a tug-of-war between oil and aid

Ivory from at least 150 poached elephants seized in the DRC raid

Oil exploration in DR Congo peatland risks forests, climate and local communities

2021 tropical forest loss figures put zero-deforestation goal by 2030 out of reach

DRC’s cacao boom leaves a bitter aftertaste for Congo Basin forest

The year in rainforests 2021

The Congo Basin’s 10 most consequential stories from 2021

The past, present and future of the Congo peatlands: 10 takeaways from our series

Carbon and communities: The future of the Congo Basin peatlands

Holding agriculture and logging at bay in the Congo peatlands

Layers of carbon: The Congo Basin peatlands and oil

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

DRC environment minister panned for allegedly facilitating illegal concessions

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

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

Global forest loss increased in 2020

We’re killing those tropical trees we’re counting on to absorb carbon dioxide

Rainforests: 11 things to watch in 2021

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

France’s tropical forest conservation efforts: an interview with AFD’s Gilles Kleitz

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

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