Carbon that has been buried in the Congo Basin's peatlands for millennia is seeping into lakes and rivers. Why this is happening remains unclear, but researchers warn that tropical peatlands could be ...

At the confluence of the Fimi and Kasai rivers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, dark water from forest landscapes meets water from the savannahs, colored red by iron oxides. The vast swamps and ...

Introduction / Barry Hewlett -- Cultural diversity of African Pygmies / Serge Bahuchet -- Population genetics of Central African Pygmies and non-Pygmies / Paul Verdu -- On Late Holocene population ...

In a new study published in N ature Geoscience, the team focused on two darkly stained lakes shaped by organic runoff from ...

While most people think of the Amazon when discussing tropical rainforests, there's another colossal green giant quietly doing incredible work for our planet. The Congo Basin rainforest spans six ...

WASHINGTON, October 20, 2025 - The Congo Basin, home to the world's second-largest tropical rainforest, holds immense value for not only the six countries it spans, but for the planet. A new World ...

WASHINGTON, February 23, 2026 - Six countries of the Congo Basin—Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Republic of Congo—are working to ...

The Climate Security Advisor/UNOCA, Mabaye Dia, took part in the 2nd African Climate Summit held from 8 to 10 September 2025 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. During the Summit, young people from the Congo ...

Congo Basin countries have announced the launch of a payments for environmental services, or PES, initiative at the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, intended to encourage practices favorable to ...

T0MD Team will be active from Democratic Republic of the Congo, 30 September - 11 October 2026. Team - Members of MDXC.