Most of us, as early as in our school days, learnt about the Amazon being the largest rainforest in the world. But there's ...

A study has revealed that the Miombo woodland stores far more carbon than people realized. That could mean that protecting this vast area has more economic value than cutting it down.

Edwin Tambara, director of Global Leadership at the African Wildlife Foundation, says that compared to rainforests such as the Amazon and the Congo Basin, dry forests like the Miombo are ...

Even though elephant calves can eat on their own by age 2 ... African forest elephants, in contrast, have adapted to the dense forests of the Congo Basin and are much smaller, weighing around 2.7 tons ...

The resurgence of the M23 (March 23 movement) rebel group has once again drawn global attention to the eastern Democratic ...

The resumption of hostilities since the M23 (March 23 Movement) rebel group resurged and captured territories in the eastern ...

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Present-day elephants are the biggest land animals. The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) weighs over 10 tons and is up to 13 feet tall. Their Asian relatives, Elephas maximus, rank next on ...

Moreover, supply chains emanating from regions such as the Congo Basin are structured around specific timber commodities, and a business plan built around plantations, even if only a small proportion ...