Listen to more stories on the Noa app. The Belgian empire invaded the Congo rainforest during the late 19th century and swiftly established itself as the cruelest imperial force in Africa.

New research in the Congo Basin is revealing how this daily rhythm of the world’s second largest rainforest influences the globe. Within the dense canopy of the Congo Basin Rainforest ...

Dr. Lewis is a professor of global change science at University College London and the University of Leeds. A vast rainforest stretches for 1,500 miles across central Africa. The mighty Congo ...

The Congo is the second largest rainforest, next to the Amazon. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is finalizing an ambitious—and risky—new plan for the future management of its rainforest ...

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — The United States will work with local leaders here in the Congo River basin to ensure that planned fossil-fuel extraction won’t result in a climate ...

Spanning several countries in central Africa, the Congo Basin rainforest covers an immense area and is home to a dizzying array of species. Researchers say the Congo Basin's rainforest sequesters ...

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If you liked this story, share it with other people. How much does it cost to protect the Congo Rainforest? Where does the money come from? Who pays and how is that money used? What models of ...

The Science Panel for the Congo Basin, backed by the United Nations ... report summarising the scientific consensus on the Amazon rainforest, the world's largest. That report showed that more ...

For centuries, at least, the indigenous Bantu peoples of Central, East, and Southern Africa have traded tales of a lumbering ...