The Congo rainforest covers the very heart of Africa. From the crowded, competitive centre of the forest to the open edge of the Atlantic ocean, this is all about carving out space in a crowded world.
In association with the Pulitzer Rainforest Centre Rainforest Investigations Network, a four-part series investigating timber smuggling from the DRC through Kenya and Uganda.
It borders Uganda and Rwanda. Congo rainforest is the second largest rainforest in the world. Its depletion has serious ecological consequences for Africa and the world. The Standard in ...
These strange, sudden canopy gaps, called bais, are located only in the rainforests of the Congo Basin of west-central Africa. Some stretching the length of 40 football fields, and some only a few ...
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The second largest, the Congo Basin rainforest in Central Africa, covers 780,000 square miles. This rainforest spans six countries: Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Central African Republic ...