The Congo Basin forest road map reveals some striking trends. Countries in the western part of the region (Cameroon, ...

Without warning, the trees stop, opening into a clearing where forest buffalo often lounge ... and maps of bais across the vast landscape of the Congo basin. They found many more bais than anyone ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) is the second-largest country in Africa in terms of area. It has huge tropical rainforests, large reserves of freshwater and valuable mineral resources.

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.

Over half of the Congo basin's 500 million hectares of forest are in Congo, whose forests boast the 5th greatest diversity of animals and plants in the world. Logging in Congo has long been ...