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Congo Basin

To avert climate catastrophe we need science without borders and radical collaboration

Our Burning Planet

To avert climate catastrophe we need science without borders and radical collaboration

By Hailemariam Desalegn

Conference of the Parties has faltered — time to beef up climate action elsewhere around the world

World

Conference of the Parties has faltered — time to beef up climate action elsewhere around the world

By Roland Ngam and Ibrahima Thiam

Andréa Minkwe: One woman’s calling to protect Gabon’s threatened rainforest

Africa

Andréa Minkwe: One woman’s calling to protect Gabon’s threatened rainforest

By Wild Africa Fund

Humanity needs monsters to confront our fears — both real and perceived

Maverick Life

Humanity needs monsters to confront our fears — both real and perceived

By Don Pinnock

Balancing protection from criminal enterprise and profit to preserve carbon sink rainforest in Congo Basin

Africa

Balancing protection from criminal enterprise and profit to preserve carbon sink rainforest in Congo Basin

By Oluwole Ojewale

Congo Basin’s wildlife guardians in firing line from terror groups and poachers

Africa

Congo Basin’s wildlife guardians in firing line from terror groups and poachers

By Oluwole Ojewale

Fight against climate crisis being hacked off at the knees in DRC

Africa

Fight against climate crisis being hacked off at the knees in DRC

By Onke Ngcuka

China in Africa: Unpacking ‘crimes’ against the Earth

Africa

China in Africa: Unpacking ‘crimes’ against the Earth

By Tiara Walters

Climate crisis and the Congo Basin: The planet’s future may ride on President Tshisekedi’s grip on the DRC

Africa

Climate crisis and the Congo Basin: The planet’s future may ride on President Tshisekedi’s grip on the DRC

By Phillip van Niekerk