Can a new triple alliance save rainforests from ruin?
Brazil, Indonesia, and DR Congo urge global funding for critical preservation as climate emergency intensifies.
Source: aljazeera.com
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Congo's carbon sink
Plans to prospect for oil in the world’s second-largest rainforest risk disturbing its huge stores of carbon
Source: geographical.co.uk
In Congo, a carbon sink like no other risks being carved up for oil
The world’s largest bank of the partially decomposed plant matter known as peat in the tropics is even more extensive than initially thought, according to a new study. The peatlands of the Congo Basin cover some 167,600 square kilometers (64,710 square miles) in the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a […]
Source: mongabay.com
University of Leeds: True size of largest tropical peatland revealed
A new study has mapped the full scale of a vast region of peatland in the heart of the Congo Basin, revealing it to be 15% bigger than previously thought.An international partnership of UK and Congolese scientists has found that the peatlands span 16
Source: indiaeducationdiary.in