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DR Congo’s mining boom puts community forests at risk Likasi, DR Congo

Forest rangers say pressure is mounting. Corneille Makonga recalls how a powerful individual arrived with heavy machinery, ...
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Away from Brazil’s ‘forest’ Cop30, Congo’s fate hangs in the balance

When Brazil’s President Lula chose Belém - a coastal city close to the mouth of the Amazon River - to host the UN climate conference of Cop30, he did so to ensure that the world’s largest rainforest ...
The Independent

The Okapi, Congo’s hidden ‘forest jewel’, now protected thanks to conservation milestone

The world’s only living relative of the giraffe has received its strongest global protection yet. Conservationists say the ...
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African Union Urged to Address the Threat of Congo Forest Logging Driving Extreme Weather across Sub-Saharan Africa

Industrial logging in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) may severely disturb rainfall patterns across sub-Saharan Africa and bring about more extreme weather, including intense droughts and flash ...
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European countries back $2.5 billion initiative to protect Congo rainforest

BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -European nations have backed a $2.5 billion plan to save the Congo rainforest, France's presidency told a United Nations climate summit, launching a conservation scheme that ...
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Away from Brazil’s ‘forest’ Cop30 – the fate of the Congo Rainforest hangs in the balance

When Brazil’s President Lula chose Belém - a coastal city close to the mouth of the Amazon River - to host the UN climate conference of Cop30, he did so to ensure that the world’s largest rainforest ...