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Climate action: Why you should be concerned about the Congo Basin

The Congo Basin is the largest forest in Africa and a significantly important carbon storage in the world. With more than 10,000 plant species in and...

Buhari expresses concern over shrinking Lake Chad

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed worry on the steady shrinking of Lake Chad, saying that the development had adversely affected over 30 million people. Buhari said...

Ecologists seek new marine protected area spanning Nigeria, DRC, Cameroon

A virtual meeting on freshwater and marine ecosystems that held from on June 8 to 9, 2020 rose with a unanimous call for the...

Cameroon to restore 12m hectares of forest in Congo Basin

Cameroon has committed to restoring over 12 million hectares of deforested and degraded land by 2030 as part of the Bonn Challenge initiative. The...

Greenpeace tasks Spain, France, Gabon on ship’s timber cargo

Greanpeace has called on Spain, France and Gabon to urgently investigate circumstances surrounding a ship carrying timber believed to have been illegally logged in...

Paris Agreement and implications for Congo Basin forest communities

Yaounde, Cameroon-based agro-socio-economist, Samuel Nnah Ndobe, attempts a brief assessment of the Paris Agreement and its implications for Congo Basin communities The negotiators who came...

China urged to lead campaign against illegal logging in Congo Basin

The transformation of the Congo Basin timber trade into one significantly influenced by 20 key Chinese trading companies offers a golden opportunity to  contribute...

Govts, traders urged to stem Congo Basin timber trade

Congo Basin governments and their main timber trading partners must take concrete action to tackle illegal logging according to Greenpeace Africa.  During the 14th edition of...

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Papua New Guinea leader declines COP29 participation, cites non-commitment to rainforest conservation

Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, James Marape, has confirmed he will not attend the upcoming United Nations Global...
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Oil & gas is solution to the climate crisis, says OPEC

When it comes to the climate crisis, the global oil and gas industry is part of the solution, not...

Murder of Ogunpa Forest Reserve: A monumental environmental crime

The scene of the crime, variously referred to as the Ogunpa Forest Reserve, the Ogunpa Dam Forest Reserve and...

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Oil & gas is solution to the climate crisis, says OPEC

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