En 2007, une équipe de scientifiques a découvert que la Cuvette centrale s’étalant le long de la frontière entre la République du Congo et la RDC contenait une énorme quantité de tourbe.
En 2007, une équipe de scientifiques a découvert que la Cuvette centrale s’étalant le long de la frontière entre la République du Congo et la RDC contenait une énorme quantité de tourbe.
Stop blaming poor communities for deforestation, urges author of upcoming FAO report, warning oil exploration could set off a “giant carbon bomb”
The DRC has two main goals in selling oil blocks that overlap with the world’s second largest rainforest. Neither involves developing oil.
The DRC’s plans to auction off drilling rights to oil and gas companies in the Congo Basin threatens global climate targets and undermines international climate summits.
This interview is part of a series with unions, non-governmental organizations and academics who are concerned about the Canadian government’s embrace the “blended finance.”
Tensions are spiking once again in the chronically turbulent eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The M23 rebel movement — widely thought to be long dead — has dramatically resurrected. And DRC president Félix Tshisekedi has accused Rwandan president Paul Kagame of again backing it with military support.
L'écrasante majorité des investissements fonciers en Afrique ne prend pas suffisamment en compte les populations locales, d'après un rapport du Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement paru lundi. Une situation qui a aussi des conséquences négatives pour le reste du monde.
Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Burundi are set to benefit from a regional initiative dubbed “Transforming Agri-Food Systems in West and Central Africa (TAFS-WCA)” which is aimed to increase food security and combat climate crisis.
Audit says ministry gave illegal permits, didn’t collect taxes
Publication is step to unlocking $500 million in climate funds