About Congo Basin
The Congo Basin is the sedimentary basin of the Congo River. The Congo Basin is located in Central Africa, in a region known as west equatorial Africa. The Congo Basin region is sometimes known simply as the Congo.
COP27: Sunak urges global push to boost clean growth
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... It said the UK will also commit £90m for conservation in the Congo Basin rainforest, and £65m to support indigenous and local communities...
Ghana's Pan African Heritage Museum seeks to reclaim Africa's history
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... The Maasai of Kenya and Tanzania, the Himba of Namibia, the Somali of the Horn of Africa, the Zulu of southern Africa and the Mbenga of the West Congo Basin - among many other communities - could soon be on the move to a new home in Ghana...
Congo peat: The 'lungs of humanity' which are under threat
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... But despite a series of international agreements about the need to protect the peatlands of the Congo Basin, there is growing frustration in the region, with ministers like Ms Soudan-Nonault accusing the West of hypocrisy...
Deforestation: Which countries are still cutting down trees?
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... Congo Basin: Agriculture and miningThe Congo forest basin is the second-largest rainforest in the world...
COP26: World leaders promise to end deforestation by 2030
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... 1bn fund will be established to protect the world s second largest tropical rainforest - in the Congo Basin...