Sheltering an incredible diversity of flora and fauna, including western lowland gorillas and forest elephants, is a vast, ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A Nature study reveals surprising similarities among the most common tree species in tropical rainforests in Africa, the Amazon and Southeast Asia, ...

Over time, rainforest communities in Africa have developed a close relationship with their neighbours, the so-called 'umbrella species' such as great apes and elephants. Umbrella species are often ...

France and Cameroon signed the first ever Central African debt-for-nature swap, which will see millions of dollars invested in protecting parts of the Congo River Basin, the world’s second largest ...

For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers is revealing unexpected ways to protect the planet. At sunset, humid air ...

New research warns that Africa's forests, once vital allies in the fight against climate change, have turned from a carbon sink into a carbon source. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Half of West Africa’s remaining rainforests are in Liberia, but in 2024, it lost more than 38,000 hectares (94,000 acres) of humid primary forest, ...

Two thirds of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) in tropical forests are experiencing new temperature conditions as our climate changes, research shows. Two thirds of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) in ...

BNP Paribas Asset Management Alts (BNPP AM Alts) has made an equity investment into Rainforest Builder UK, a tropical forest ...