Standing on a riverbank in Lac Télé Community Reserve in March, naturalist Joseph Oyange watched as fishermen guided their ...

Traveling to remote Pygmy villages requires significant preparation. Visitors are advised to engage local guides who are ...

Scientists believe that the Congo Basin is the world's most important rainforest carbon sink, absorbing more carbon than even ...

West Africa newsperson Sam Mednick uncovered the extent of mining within the contested boundaries of a protected heritage ...

Scattered along the banks of the Ituri River, buildings cram together, cranes transport dirt and debris scatters the soil.

The DRC's push for sustainable forest governance faces setbacks from corruption, impunity, and weak enforcement. Can it ...

Home to a staggering array of biodiversity like forest elephants, chimpanzees, bonobos, and lowland and mountain gorillas, the Congo Basin's importance for both climate and biodiversity cannot be ...

For eight years, a Chinese mining company has been vastly expanding inside an endangered World Heritage Site, accused by ...

It’s part of the Congo Basin rainforest — the world’s second-biggest — and a vital carbon sink that helps mitigate climate change. It also has vast mineral wealth such as gold and diamonds.

A new study has concluded that the decline in Grauer’s gorillas in a sector of their main stronghold in the Democratic ...