Industrial Palm Oil in Congo Basin: Are Countries Ready?
Large-scale palm oil investment in the Congo Basin has taken a new dimension in recent years. For many, the...
Stories on “Logging roads“
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In the Congo Basin, Perenco poisons the air by…
380 acts of gas flaring over ten years. This is the result of the multinational’s activities in Cameroon and... -
Perenco’s oil and gas global sites overlap 74 protected…
The global investigation “Perenco System” carried out by InfoCongo and its international partners reveals the systemic aspect of France’s... -
Forest Communities Complicity with Illegal Loggers
The forested areas in the Center, East, and South regions of Cameroon are abundant in natural resources that are... -
Caught between Conflicting Interests of Gov’t and Business, Forest…
About 250 kilometers southwest of Cameroon’s capital Yaounde, is a forest designated for exploitation by the state of Cameroon.... -
How Illegal Wood Escapes Control Circuits in Cameroon
In Cameroon, there are at least eight checkpoints operated jointly by agents of the Ministry of Forests, customs, the... -
Cameroon’s Undeterred Illegal Loggers
As the second largest forest country in the Congo Basin, Cameroon has been steadfast in its efforts to combat... -
An Opaque Agro-industry Razes Cameroon’s Forests with Impunity
“Are we ready to risk 60 thousand hectares for Camvert, a company that has no experience in oil palm... -
How Rosewood is stolen in Cameroon, laundered in Nigeria,…
As rosewood is getting rarer in Nigerian forests, traffickers wanting to continue to satisfy demands by Chinese, have been... -
DRC: A Polluting Palm Oil Business is Shaming European…
A century-old palm oil business in the DRC, Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC), has exposed the local population to tons... -
Study: Congo Basin Peatlands Indispensable for Climate Stability
The tropical forests and peatlands contain Earth’s rare “irrecoverable carbon” stores Arlington, VA (November 29, 2021) – The peatlands... -
Large-scale logging forces indigenous Baka out of Cameroon’s rainforest
Expelled from the forest at the arrival of the logging company Pallisco, the forest indigenous Baka of Bidjoumam are... -
In the Congo rainforest, gold mining is killing forests…
At least 150 people have died in hazardous pits abandoned by the gold mines that are decimating Cameroon’s forests.... -
In Cameroon, illegal logging of high-value timber harms indigenous…
Indigenous people living in forest communities are now facing the worrying consequences of illegal logging when their medicine sources... -
Primary Forest Loss in Congo Basin Escalates in 2020
The second-largest world’s rainforest lost more than 600,000 hectares of primary forest in 2020, which is a 9 percent... -
Applications open for deforestation journalism fellowships in Africa
Environmental journalists in four African countries invited to apply for eight-week online course. Climate change and urban sprawl is... -
Commentary: There must be greater transparency for the Congolese…
According to the civil society leader, fundamental freedoms in the Republic of Congo have been curtailed in response to... -
RDC-CAFI : la partie congolaise tient à s’impliquer dans…
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Wildlife in ‘catastrophic decline’ due to human destruction, scientists…
Wildlife populations have fallen by more than two-thirds in less than 50 years, according to a major report by... -
Land tenure: The legal battles of the indigenous Bagyeli…
In southern Cameroon, Indigenous Bagyeli communities and their Bantu neighbors take legal action against the Head of State’s decision,... -
Rwanda submits tougher emission-cutting plan to the UN
The Kigali government is the first in Africa to strengthen its commitment to emissions cuts by 2030 and ramp... -
Rwanda’s Akagera park thrives thanks to community-led anti-poaching drive
Poaching in Akagera National Park (ANP) has gone down significantly in recent years, a change related to the improved... -
Pollution causing birth defects in children of DRC cobalt…
Researchers link exposure to mining pollutants to greatly increased risk of conditions such as spina bifida and limb abnormalities... -
Pitfalls and promises of Congo’s new forest Eldorado
Sangha Department, Republic of Congo. Pokola lies 800 kilometers north of Congo’s capital, Brazzaville, on the left bank of... -
DR Congo’s Virunga National Park hit by ‘deadliest’ attack
At least 12 rangers have been killed by suspected members of a Rwandan rebel group in the Virunga National... -
Filled with Deadwood, Lom Pangar Dam Threatens Climate
Four years after it was launched, the Lom Pangar hydropower dam in Cameroon is full of floating wood and... -
National parks in Africa shutter over COVID-19 threat to…
Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo shut its doors to tourists this week in an attempt... -
Palm oil giant Olam under scrutiny again over Gabon…
The World Rainforest Movement (WRM) has accused Singapore-based agribusiness company Olam of making meaningless “zero deforestation” pledges about a... -
DRC: Environmental associations say no to oil development in…
Goma, voices rise again to say no to oil development in Virunga and Salonga National Parks. Gathered at the... -
Camera traps confirm presence of lowland gorillas in central…
Images of wild western lowland gorillas have been captured by camera traps deep in the jungles of central mainland... -
Subsistence farming topples forests near commercial operations in Congo
The effects of commercial logging, mining and farming can ripple beyond the boundaries of the operations, leading to the... -
Call for Applications: Congo Basin Rainforest Journalism Fund Convening
The Pulitzer Center is pleased to announce, as part of the Rainforest Journalism Fund, that we are now accepting applications... -
NGOs reject new oil palm plantation in southern Cameroon
KRIBI, Cameroon — Alarm flashed through Cameroon’s conservation community in mid-September 2019, when images of untidy rows of black... -
Les pourparlers sur le climat de Madrid se sont…
Alors que de nombreux pays, particulièrement ceux qui sont le plus vulnérables aux impacts climatiques, s’attendaient à des négociations... -
Blog: The Amazon and the Congo Basin: the same…
Illegal logging, deforestation, land grabbing, pollution and climate change – questions of life and death for the Amazon people... -
Cameroon’s Rural Solar Energy Drive to Save Disappearing Forest
Cameroon is touting the construction of solar energy in electricity-starved rural communities across the country as part of the... -
Multiple, Massive Pangolin Seizures Highlight Poaching Crisis
Recent seizures of pangolin scales and meat in Malaysia, Hong Kong, Vietnam, and Uganda highlight the poaching crisis and... -
Blog: What’s threatening the Congo Basin’s peatlands?
With a 145,500-square-kilometer swath of peatlands in Central Africa newly identified as an important storage of carbon, researchers, decision-makers... -
Disaster-Focused Headlines from the Congo Often Hide Signs of…
In the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) northwestern city of Mbandaka, health workers spent recent months racing to contain... -
As Chinese Plantations Expand, Communities, Wildlife Feel the Pressure
Rodrique Ngono, 49, farmer and hunter in Miatta village, situated on the southern periphery of the Dja Wildlife Reserve... -
A Green Push Against Deforestation, Climate Change in Cameroon
As Cameroon takes on rising temperatures, floods, droughts, and other climate challenges, the government is partnering with major cities in... -
Justice for Elephants
After months of tracking one of the most notorious ivory poachers in the northern Republic of Congo, authorities finally... -
Taking back the trees
On a potholed dirt road cutting through thick sun-dappled foliage, hundreds of miles from the Congolese capital of Kinshasa,... -
Another Ranger Killed in Virunga
The Virunga National Park announces with regret the death of Park Ranger Faustin Biriko Nzabakurikiza which occured on April... -
REDD+ in Mai-Ndombe: A Threat to People and Forests?
REDD+ pilot projects implemented in Mai-Ndombe province, in the west of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), can harm... -
Meet Christelle Nguizi, A Ranger On A Mission To…
Soaked to the shoulders, Christelle Nguizi, ranger, pulls herself through another reed-filled marsh. Ten days into a patrol in... -
Maps Help Distinguish between cyclical farming and deforestation in…
How do you distinguish between cyclical farming and deforestation in the Congo Basin? A new Global Forest Watch map can... -
Seeds of Resilience in Cameroon
Seed multiplication farms are helping farmers in the southwest region of Cameroon fight climate change effects and poverty thanks... -
New study: Gorillas fare better in logged forests than…
A study in the northern Republic of Congo found that gorillas and chimpanzees both became scarcer at the onset... -
Scientists confirm presence of peatlands in Democratic Republic of…
Scientist have confirmed the presence of peatlands in the Democratic Republic of Congo after an expedition in the village... -
Invitation to apply for the 39th International Human…
A Canadian non-profit, Equitas invites organizations interested in human rights issues to apply for a three-week training on human... -
Blog: A River Lined with Smoke: Charcoal and Forest…
Molly Bergen recently traveled to three countries to document field activities of the Central Africa Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE),... -
New Mobile App to Fight Deforestation Launched
Akame Clovis 43, a forest guard with the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife marches through the Mefou National Park... -
Gabon Commits to Protect its Forests, Gains means to…
The Government of Gabon and the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, signed a Letter... -
Renforcer la lutte contre le braconnage dans les parcs…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Le Gabon possède à lui seul treize parcs nationaux où vivent... -
RDC: l’électricité réduit la pression sur le parc des…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Inaugurée le 16 décembre 2015, la centrale hydroélectrique de Matebe fournit... -
BLOG : Les forêts peuvent-elles contribuer à la reconstruction…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Plutôt ce mois-ci, le Représentant spécial du secrétaire général des Nations... -
Avec les Pygmées de RDC, qui survivent et meurent…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. L’ancien peuple nomade, forcé à la sédentarisation et chassé de forêts... -
A Kinshasa, plus aucun objet en ivoire vendu au…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Les parquets généraux de Kinshasa, capitale de la République Démocratique du... -
Cameroun: L’assurance indicielle pour protéger les agriculteurs contre le…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Suite à une étude de faisabilité réalisée par la Banque Mondiale,... -
Au Rwanda, les riverains des parcs touchent 5% des…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Il y a quelques années au Rwanda, les villageois vivant à... -
Inga 3 Dam Risks Plunging DRC Deeper Into Debt
A report has found that the Democratic Republic of Congo is likely to suffer financial losses and continuing energy... -
La construction des maisons à étages affecte les boisements
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Chaque jour, aux environs de la ville deButembo, située à plus... -
$400 Million For Rainforests
At the World Economic Forum, Norway announced it will set up a fund to make small-scale farmers more productive... -
Selon WWF-RDC, le pays risque de perdre ses espèces…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Si l’on considère les statistiques actuelles, la RDC court le risque... -
ONU: L’Assemblée Générale examine les moyens de limiter l’augmentation…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. L’Assemblée générale des Nations a été, le jeudi 23 mars, la... -
La réserve du Dja risque de perdre son statut…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. D’ici 2018, si rien n’est fait, l’Unesco pourrait résilier son contrat... -
L’Irrégularité des saisons menace de disparition les insectes comestibles
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Les communautés réputées consommatrice d’insectes comestibles, notamment les Tékés et Kongos,... -
Mitigating Deforestation Risks of Palm Oil Expansion in Africa
For all the economic benefits the palm oil industry has brought to Indonesia and Malaysia, which together produce more... -
Communities Demand Clarity on Forest Revenue
Stepping into the forest in Djoameodjoh, a small locality in Lomie in the Upper Nyong division of the East... -
Sarambwe, la réserve qui risque de perdre ses gorilles
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Cette réserve naturelle des gorilles se trouve dans le secteur Sarambwe,... -
RDC : 15 ans du moratoire sur la suspension…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Le moratoire sur la suspension de l’octroi des allocations forestières en... -
L’exploitation illégale à la conquête des forêts du Sud…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Les forêts de la partie australe du Congo Brazzaville, environ 4... -
Congo : La déforestation abîme les eaux du département…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Depuis la fin des événements sociopolitiques qui ont secoué le Congo... -
Illegal Logging Drives Deforestation in Cameroon
Bertoua, Eastern Cameroon — As night falls, scores of timber trucks line up at a weighing station outside the... -
Filière cacao : les résultats déjà perceptibles au Congo
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Lancée en 2013 dans les départements de la Sangha et de... -
Swapping Coffee, Cocoa for Pepper to Adapt to Extreme…
Andrew Kombe of Penja village located about 350 kilometers from Cameroon’s capital, Yaounde happily combs his four hectare Penja... -
What Satellites Capture with a Clear View of DRC
Central Africa is often shrouded in equatorial clouds, especially during the rainy season. Fjallraven Kanken No.2 When our Dove... -
Deforestation Continues, Policies Poorly Implemented in DRC
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) lost an average of 0.57 million hectares of forest per year, and the... -
Nouveau projet pour soutenir les communautés forestières en RDC
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Le Centre de recherche forestière internationale (CIFOR), qui travaille dans la... -
Lac Edouard : la pêche sauvage et le braconnage…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Autour du lac Edouard, les enclaves de pêche congolaises tarissent les... -
Apply Now for Grant to Cover Stories, Maps and…
InfoCongo invites journalists, designers, developers, cartographers and data experts to submit a proposal for our stories, maps, and data... -
Journée mondiale de l’environnement et nouveau record de CO2
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Avec la célébration de la journée mondiale de l’environnement, le 5... -
Gestion du pétrole et des mines : un rapport…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. L’indice de gouvernance des ressources naturelles, publié mercredi 28 juin par... -
Commerce illégal des produits forestiers : la Chine, le…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Les acteurs du secteur forestier du Cameroun, du Congo et de... -
Blog: How Artificial Intelligence Helped Us Predict Forest Loss…
Compared with the planet’s other large tracts of tropical forests, the forests in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)... -
Cameroon’s Forest People Bear Hidden Cost of Government’s Ambitious…
Sitting in front of his mud house in Pangar village, one of the forest communities in the East region,... -
WWF Press release : G20 summit shows ambition on…
WWF statement as G20 Leaders’ Summit ends in Hamburg today Hamburg – As the G20 Leaders’ Summit concludes, WWF... -
RDC: des crocodiles déstabilisent les pêcheurs et les riverains
Depuis 2016, la population des crocodiles, en hausse dans le territoire de Fizi dans la province du Sud Kivu... -
Press Release: Encouraging Results from Mai-Ndombe REDD+ Project in…
The results of WWF’s biggest REDD+ (Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation & Forest Degradation) project in Africa in the... -
Gabon to Create 20 Marine Protected Areas
Gabonese president, Ali Bongo Ondimba has announced that his country will create 20 marine protected areas. This consist of... -
How is the Congo Basin Affected by US Withdrawal…
Forests are central to the Climate Change Agreement signed in December 2015 by more than 190 countries and so... -
DRC Gets its First Forest Carbon Map
The first national forest biomass map of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is now available. The map was... -
Three Arrested for Trafficking 159 Ivory Tusks
The tusks were stocked in a metallic seal and concealed in the back booth of a car. Said to... -
Poaching Still a Risk to African Elephants
Figures released by the CITES MIKE Program (Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants) on the 2016 trends in the... -
Cameroon to Restore 12 Million Hectares of Forest
Cameroon has committed to restoring over 12 million hectares of deforested and degraded land by 2030 as part of... -
Celebrating Pangolins
The global development community celebrates World Pangolin Day on Saturday, February 18, 2017, under the theme “Together let’s protect... -
Forest protection funds flow to DRC despite ‘illegal’ logging…
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has received millions of dollars aimed at stopping deforestation and... -
The Road to Destruction?
There is a growing network of logging roads in Cameroon’s eastern region, particularly along national parks and forest reserves.... -
Chinese Demand for Bloodwood Cuts Into Congo’s Ecosystem
Muyeji Freddy and his team have scoured the bush for hours, but they haven’t found what they’re looking for.... -
2016 likely the warmest year since records began
Full year figures for 2016 confirm it has just edged ahead of 2015 as the world’s warmest year. Data...
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Industrial Palm Oil in Congo Basin: Are Countries Ready?
Large-scale palm oil investment in the Congo Basin has taken a new dimension in recent years. For many, the... -
In the Congo Basin, Perenco poisons the air by…
380 acts of gas flaring over ten years. This is the result of the multinational’s activities in Cameroon and... -
Perenco’s oil and gas global sites overlap 74 protected…
The global investigation “Perenco System” carried out by InfoCongo and its international partners reveals the systemic aspect of France’s... -
Forest Communities Complicity with Illegal Loggers
The forested areas in the Center, East, and South regions of Cameroon are abundant in natural resources that are... -
Caught between Conflicting Interests of Gov’t and Business, Forest…
About 250 kilometers southwest of Cameroon’s capital Yaounde, is a forest designated for exploitation by the state of Cameroon.... -
How Illegal Wood Escapes Control Circuits in Cameroon
In Cameroon, there are at least eight checkpoints operated jointly by agents of the Ministry of Forests, customs, the... -
Cameroon’s Undeterred Illegal Loggers
As the second largest forest country in the Congo Basin, Cameroon has been steadfast in its efforts to combat... -
An Opaque Agro-industry Razes Cameroon’s Forests with Impunity
“Are we ready to risk 60 thousand hectares for Camvert, a company that has no experience in oil palm... -
How Rosewood is stolen in Cameroon, laundered in Nigeria,…
As rosewood is getting rarer in Nigerian forests, traffickers wanting to continue to satisfy demands by Chinese, have been... -
DRC: A Polluting Palm Oil Business is Shaming European…
A century-old palm oil business in the DRC, Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC), has exposed the local population to tons... -
Study: Congo Basin Peatlands Indispensable for Climate Stability
The tropical forests and peatlands contain Earth’s rare “irrecoverable carbon” stores Arlington, VA (November 29, 2021) – The peatlands... -
Large-scale logging forces indigenous Baka out of Cameroon’s rainforest
Expelled from the forest at the arrival of the logging company Pallisco, the forest indigenous Baka of Bidjoumam are... -
In the Congo rainforest, gold mining is killing forests…
At least 150 people have died in hazardous pits abandoned by the gold mines that are decimating Cameroon’s forests.... -
In Cameroon, illegal logging of high-value timber harms indigenous…
Indigenous people living in forest communities are now facing the worrying consequences of illegal logging when their medicine sources... -
Primary Forest Loss in Congo Basin Escalates in 2020
The second-largest world’s rainforest lost more than 600,000 hectares of primary forest in 2020, which is a 9 percent... -
Applications open for deforestation journalism fellowships in Africa
Environmental journalists in four African countries invited to apply for eight-week online course. Climate change and urban sprawl is... -
Commentary: There must be greater transparency for the Congolese…
According to the civil society leader, fundamental freedoms in the Republic of Congo have been curtailed in response to... -
RDC-CAFI : la partie congolaise tient à s’impliquer dans…
-
Wildlife in ‘catastrophic decline’ due to human destruction, scientists…
Wildlife populations have fallen by more than two-thirds in less than 50 years, according to a major report by... -
Land tenure: The legal battles of the indigenous Bagyeli…
In southern Cameroon, Indigenous Bagyeli communities and their Bantu neighbors take legal action against the Head of State’s decision,... -
Rwanda submits tougher emission-cutting plan to the UN
The Kigali government is the first in Africa to strengthen its commitment to emissions cuts by 2030 and ramp... -
Rwanda’s Akagera park thrives thanks to community-led anti-poaching drive
Poaching in Akagera National Park (ANP) has gone down significantly in recent years, a change related to the improved... -
Pollution causing birth defects in children of DRC cobalt…
Researchers link exposure to mining pollutants to greatly increased risk of conditions such as spina bifida and limb abnormalities... -
Pitfalls and promises of Congo’s new forest Eldorado
Sangha Department, Republic of Congo. Pokola lies 800 kilometers north of Congo’s capital, Brazzaville, on the left bank of... -
DR Congo’s Virunga National Park hit by ‘deadliest’ attack
At least 12 rangers have been killed by suspected members of a Rwandan rebel group in the Virunga National... -
Filled with Deadwood, Lom Pangar Dam Threatens Climate
Four years after it was launched, the Lom Pangar hydropower dam in Cameroon is full of floating wood and... -
National parks in Africa shutter over COVID-19 threat to…
Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo shut its doors to tourists this week in an attempt... -
Palm oil giant Olam under scrutiny again over Gabon…
The World Rainforest Movement (WRM) has accused Singapore-based agribusiness company Olam of making meaningless “zero deforestation” pledges about a... -
DRC: Environmental associations say no to oil development in…
Goma, voices rise again to say no to oil development in Virunga and Salonga National Parks. Gathered at the... -
Camera traps confirm presence of lowland gorillas in central…
Images of wild western lowland gorillas have been captured by camera traps deep in the jungles of central mainland... -
Subsistence farming topples forests near commercial operations in Congo
The effects of commercial logging, mining and farming can ripple beyond the boundaries of the operations, leading to the... -
Call for Applications: Congo Basin Rainforest Journalism Fund Convening
The Pulitzer Center is pleased to announce, as part of the Rainforest Journalism Fund, that we are now accepting applications... -
NGOs reject new oil palm plantation in southern Cameroon
KRIBI, Cameroon — Alarm flashed through Cameroon’s conservation community in mid-September 2019, when images of untidy rows of black... -
Les pourparlers sur le climat de Madrid se sont…
Alors que de nombreux pays, particulièrement ceux qui sont le plus vulnérables aux impacts climatiques, s’attendaient à des négociations... -
Blog: The Amazon and the Congo Basin: the same…
Illegal logging, deforestation, land grabbing, pollution and climate change – questions of life and death for the Amazon people... -
Cameroon’s Rural Solar Energy Drive to Save Disappearing Forest
Cameroon is touting the construction of solar energy in electricity-starved rural communities across the country as part of the... -
Multiple, Massive Pangolin Seizures Highlight Poaching Crisis
Recent seizures of pangolin scales and meat in Malaysia, Hong Kong, Vietnam, and Uganda highlight the poaching crisis and... -
Blog: What’s threatening the Congo Basin’s peatlands?
With a 145,500-square-kilometer swath of peatlands in Central Africa newly identified as an important storage of carbon, researchers, decision-makers... -
Disaster-Focused Headlines from the Congo Often Hide Signs of…
In the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) northwestern city of Mbandaka, health workers spent recent months racing to contain... -
As Chinese Plantations Expand, Communities, Wildlife Feel the Pressure
Rodrique Ngono, 49, farmer and hunter in Miatta village, situated on the southern periphery of the Dja Wildlife Reserve... -
A Green Push Against Deforestation, Climate Change in Cameroon
As Cameroon takes on rising temperatures, floods, droughts, and other climate challenges, the government is partnering with major cities in... -
Justice for Elephants
After months of tracking one of the most notorious ivory poachers in the northern Republic of Congo, authorities finally... -
Taking back the trees
On a potholed dirt road cutting through thick sun-dappled foliage, hundreds of miles from the Congolese capital of Kinshasa,... -
Another Ranger Killed in Virunga
The Virunga National Park announces with regret the death of Park Ranger Faustin Biriko Nzabakurikiza which occured on April... -
REDD+ in Mai-Ndombe: A Threat to People and Forests?
REDD+ pilot projects implemented in Mai-Ndombe province, in the west of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), can harm... -
Meet Christelle Nguizi, A Ranger On A Mission To…
Soaked to the shoulders, Christelle Nguizi, ranger, pulls herself through another reed-filled marsh. Ten days into a patrol in... -
Maps Help Distinguish between cyclical farming and deforestation in…
How do you distinguish between cyclical farming and deforestation in the Congo Basin? A new Global Forest Watch map can... -
Seeds of Resilience in Cameroon
Seed multiplication farms are helping farmers in the southwest region of Cameroon fight climate change effects and poverty thanks... -
New study: Gorillas fare better in logged forests than…
A study in the northern Republic of Congo found that gorillas and chimpanzees both became scarcer at the onset... -
Scientists confirm presence of peatlands in Democratic Republic of…
Scientist have confirmed the presence of peatlands in the Democratic Republic of Congo after an expedition in the village... -
Invitation to apply for the 39th International Human…
A Canadian non-profit, Equitas invites organizations interested in human rights issues to apply for a three-week training on human... -
Blog: A River Lined with Smoke: Charcoal and Forest…
Molly Bergen recently traveled to three countries to document field activities of the Central Africa Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE),... -
New Mobile App to Fight Deforestation Launched
Akame Clovis 43, a forest guard with the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife marches through the Mefou National Park... -
Gabon Commits to Protect its Forests, Gains means to…
The Government of Gabon and the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, signed a Letter... -
Renforcer la lutte contre le braconnage dans les parcs…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Le Gabon possède à lui seul treize parcs nationaux où vivent... -
RDC: l’électricité réduit la pression sur le parc des…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Inaugurée le 16 décembre 2015, la centrale hydroélectrique de Matebe fournit... -
BLOG : Les forêts peuvent-elles contribuer à la reconstruction…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Plutôt ce mois-ci, le Représentant spécial du secrétaire général des Nations... -
Avec les Pygmées de RDC, qui survivent et meurent…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. L’ancien peuple nomade, forcé à la sédentarisation et chassé de forêts... -
A Kinshasa, plus aucun objet en ivoire vendu au…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Les parquets généraux de Kinshasa, capitale de la République Démocratique du... -
Cameroun: L’assurance indicielle pour protéger les agriculteurs contre le…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Suite à une étude de faisabilité réalisée par la Banque Mondiale,... -
Au Rwanda, les riverains des parcs touchent 5% des…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Il y a quelques années au Rwanda, les villageois vivant à... -
Inga 3 Dam Risks Plunging DRC Deeper Into Debt
A report has found that the Democratic Republic of Congo is likely to suffer financial losses and continuing energy... -
La construction des maisons à étages affecte les boisements
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Chaque jour, aux environs de la ville deButembo, située à plus... -
$400 Million For Rainforests
At the World Economic Forum, Norway announced it will set up a fund to make small-scale farmers more productive... -
Selon WWF-RDC, le pays risque de perdre ses espèces…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Si l’on considère les statistiques actuelles, la RDC court le risque... -
ONU: L’Assemblée Générale examine les moyens de limiter l’augmentation…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. L’Assemblée générale des Nations a été, le jeudi 23 mars, la... -
La réserve du Dja risque de perdre son statut…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. D’ici 2018, si rien n’est fait, l’Unesco pourrait résilier son contrat... -
L’Irrégularité des saisons menace de disparition les insectes comestibles
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Les communautés réputées consommatrice d’insectes comestibles, notamment les Tékés et Kongos,... -
Mitigating Deforestation Risks of Palm Oil Expansion in Africa
For all the economic benefits the palm oil industry has brought to Indonesia and Malaysia, which together produce more... -
Communities Demand Clarity on Forest Revenue
Stepping into the forest in Djoameodjoh, a small locality in Lomie in the Upper Nyong division of the East... -
Sarambwe, la réserve qui risque de perdre ses gorilles
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Cette réserve naturelle des gorilles se trouve dans le secteur Sarambwe,... -
RDC : 15 ans du moratoire sur la suspension…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Le moratoire sur la suspension de l’octroi des allocations forestières en... -
L’exploitation illégale à la conquête des forêts du Sud…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Les forêts de la partie australe du Congo Brazzaville, environ 4... -
Congo : La déforestation abîme les eaux du département…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Depuis la fin des événements sociopolitiques qui ont secoué le Congo... -
Illegal Logging Drives Deforestation in Cameroon
Bertoua, Eastern Cameroon — As night falls, scores of timber trucks line up at a weighing station outside the... -
Filière cacao : les résultats déjà perceptibles au Congo
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Lancée en 2013 dans les départements de la Sangha et de... -
Swapping Coffee, Cocoa for Pepper to Adapt to Extreme…
Andrew Kombe of Penja village located about 350 kilometers from Cameroon’s capital, Yaounde happily combs his four hectare Penja... -
What Satellites Capture with a Clear View of DRC
Central Africa is often shrouded in equatorial clouds, especially during the rainy season. Fjallraven Kanken No.2 When our Dove... -
Deforestation Continues, Policies Poorly Implemented in DRC
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) lost an average of 0.57 million hectares of forest per year, and the... -
Nouveau projet pour soutenir les communautés forestières en RDC
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Le Centre de recherche forestière internationale (CIFOR), qui travaille dans la... -
Lac Edouard : la pêche sauvage et le braconnage…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Autour du lac Edouard, les enclaves de pêche congolaises tarissent les... -
Apply Now for Grant to Cover Stories, Maps and…
InfoCongo invites journalists, designers, developers, cartographers and data experts to submit a proposal for our stories, maps, and data... -
Journée mondiale de l’environnement et nouveau record de CO2
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Avec la célébration de la journée mondiale de l’environnement, le 5... -
Gestion du pétrole et des mines : un rapport…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. L’indice de gouvernance des ressources naturelles, publié mercredi 28 juin par... -
Commerce illégal des produits forestiers : la Chine, le…
Sorry, this entry is only available in Français. Les acteurs du secteur forestier du Cameroun, du Congo et de... -
Blog: How Artificial Intelligence Helped Us Predict Forest Loss…
Compared with the planet’s other large tracts of tropical forests, the forests in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)... -
Cameroon’s Forest People Bear Hidden Cost of Government’s Ambitious…
Sitting in front of his mud house in Pangar village, one of the forest communities in the East region,... -
WWF Press release : G20 summit shows ambition on…
WWF statement as G20 Leaders’ Summit ends in Hamburg today Hamburg – As the G20 Leaders’ Summit concludes, WWF... -
RDC: des crocodiles déstabilisent les pêcheurs et les riverains
Depuis 2016, la population des crocodiles, en hausse dans le territoire de Fizi dans la province du Sud Kivu... -
Press Release: Encouraging Results from Mai-Ndombe REDD+ Project in…
The results of WWF’s biggest REDD+ (Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation & Forest Degradation) project in Africa in the... -
Gabon to Create 20 Marine Protected Areas
Gabonese president, Ali Bongo Ondimba has announced that his country will create 20 marine protected areas. This consist of... -
How is the Congo Basin Affected by US Withdrawal…
Forests are central to the Climate Change Agreement signed in December 2015 by more than 190 countries and so... -
DRC Gets its First Forest Carbon Map
The first national forest biomass map of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is now available. The map was... -
Three Arrested for Trafficking 159 Ivory Tusks
The tusks were stocked in a metallic seal and concealed in the back booth of a car. Said to... -
Poaching Still a Risk to African Elephants
Figures released by the CITES MIKE Program (Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants) on the 2016 trends in the... -
Cameroon to Restore 12 Million Hectares of Forest
Cameroon has committed to restoring over 12 million hectares of deforested and degraded land by 2030 as part of... -
Celebrating Pangolins
The global development community celebrates World Pangolin Day on Saturday, February 18, 2017, under the theme “Together let’s protect... -
Forest protection funds flow to DRC despite ‘illegal’ logging…
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has received millions of dollars aimed at stopping deforestation and... -
The Road to Destruction?
There is a growing network of logging roads in Cameroon’s eastern region, particularly along national parks and forest reserves.... -
Chinese Demand for Bloodwood Cuts Into Congo’s Ecosystem
Muyeji Freddy and his team have scoured the bush for hours, but they haven’t found what they’re looking for.... -
2016 likely the warmest year since records began
Full year figures for 2016 confirm it has just edged ahead of 2015 as the world’s warmest year. Data...