Six months ago, the M23 rebel group seized Goma, one of the largest cities in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the time since, local activists and satellite images compiled by Mongabay ...

A peatland complex in the Congo Basin which is known to be a globally important carbon store is twice as old as previously thought, according to a new scientific study.

The natural world is full of wonders that often seem to defy belief. Some creatures are so extraordinary, they look as if ...

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The eastern reaches of the Democratic Republic of Congo are no strangers to tragedy. Yet the loss of two Virunga National Park rangers in a surveillance plane crash near Ishango on July 23 underscores ...

World Conservation Day: Ashden's Thriving Forests programme has announced a second round of funding totalling £175,000 for ...

A Malaysian dictator's 1985 blueprint for forest theft—dissolve oversight, pocket billions—spread from Borneo to Brazil to the Congo. Forty years later, his machine is still running on three ...

Venezuela and Papua New Guinea each possess about 1.9% of the world’s freshwater, with unique ecosystems and river systems.

Garamba National Park, located in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, is one of Africa’s oldest and most iconic protected areas. Established in 1938, the park spans over 4,900 km² and was ...

Spanning nearly 920,000 square miles, Algeria is Africa’s largest country by land area. Its territory comprises parts of the ...

The Amazon and Congo rainforests are two of the most important ecological treasures on Earth, yet they are vastly different ...