Congo Basin
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Deforestation low in Congo Basin, but likely to increase
Deforestation in Central Africa’s Congo Basin is lower than the average rate across Africa — but that is not likely…
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United States is back as facilitator in Congo Basin Forest Partnership
This blog post was originally published on the website of the Environmental Leadership Program at UC Berkeley Although President Barack…
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The invisible extinction of forest genetic resources: Can trees survive?
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (29 May 2013)_Trees are the oldest and largest beings in the world, living for hundreds, even thousands, of…
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Q&A: The challenges of monitoring a forest three times as large as France
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (24 May, 2013)_As international donors consider funding programs targeting the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and…
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Can biodiversity and logging coexist in the Congo?
Scientists are working with national authorities and local populations in the Congo Basin to develop multiple-use forest management systems, which…
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Could radio help mitigate climate change in the Congo Basin?
Climate change is hitting the Congo Basin region hard and while communities there and in other parts of Africa struggle…
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Postcards from the Field: Lukolela Lullaby
The Lukolela Police Commander’s rusting Kalashnikov is digging into my thigh as we lunge into the forest on his equally…
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Forest communities in Cameroon cannot adapt to climate change alone
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (14 November, 2012)_Rural communities in Cameroon rely heavily on forests for everything from their nutritional and medicinal needs…
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Counting carbon: Measuring carbon stocks in logging concessions in Cameroon
Deep inside a logging concession in southern Cameroon, scientists from the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) are measuring the…
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Postcards from the field: On the Congo River
Félicien Kengoum and I are in a small motor boat in the middle of the Congo River. We’re returning from…
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Cutting through: Formalising Cameroon’s huge domestic timber market
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (14 November, 2012)_Shirtless and muscular, his skin flecked with specks of sawdust, 58 year-old Dieudonné Ngomo* wields his…
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The Congo Basin Forests: What policymakers should know
The pulse in the heart of Africa: The Congo Basin contains the second largest expanse of tropical forest in the…
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Bushmeat Stories: Voices from the Congo Basin
The Hunter: Armed with a long spear, a machete, and a wire for setting traps, Tamanga Ekwayoli is chasing wildlife.…
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Postcards from the field: Porcupines and Proposals in Cameroon
Thwack! Mama Odette brings the machete down hard on her dirt floor, neatly splitting a bush mango in two. While…
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Taming Okok: Domesticating forest foods in Cameroon
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (14 November, 2012)_For villagers in Cameroon’s Central region, the forest creeper known as okok is a wonder plant.…
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