We’re in Odzala-Kokoua National Park in the Republic of the Congo. Spanning 5,200 square miles (roughly the size of Connecticut), it is Africa’s oldest national park, having been established ...

Deforestation in the Congo Basin. Click image to enlarge. Deforestation in the Congo Basin has increased sharply since the 1990s, reports an extensive new assessment of forests in the six-nation ...

BRAZZAVILLE — Conservation authorities in the Republic of Congo have launched a plan to invest in the protection of “high-integrity forests” in Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, treating these ...

The IUCN says 21,286 of the 71,576 species surveyed are threatened with extinction.

The vast rainforest of the Congo Basin, one of the most important in the world, has long been protected by its remoteness: In many places, roads are rare. But there is a river. Raft by Raft, a ...