Science News27d
Megadroughts are on the rise worldwide
Among the most severe events in recent decades were multiyear droughts in the East Congo ... and temperate forests, bouncing back relatively soon after a drought ends. And other biomes, such ...
unep.org4d
Amazon Congo Critical Forest Biomes: UNEP’s Regional Coordination Project for The Congo Basin Integrated Program (IP)
To catalyze, through regional and global level action, the improvement of conservation and effective governance of critical landscapes in the Congo Basin Forest Biome Co-financing: $ 41,581,450 ...
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Amazon Congo Critical Forest Biomes: UNEP’s Regional Coordination Project for The Congo Basin Integrated Program (IP)
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a multilateral fund dedicated to confronting biodiversity loss, climate change, pollution, and strains on land and ocean health. Over the past three decades, ...
The Washington Post27d
Multiyear droughts are worsening. Here’s where they have the most effects.
Droughts in certain biomes — or geographic areas of certain ... covered nearly 1.5 million square kilometers in the eastern Congo basin. Another drought in the southwestern Amazon lasted nine ...
Alice Ford on MSN8d
Is the W Trek the World's Best Beginner Backpacking Trail?
The W Trek is a multi day hiking and backpacking trail in Chile's Torres Del Paine National Park. Full of glaciers, lakes and ...
The New York Times7d
‘Days of Mass Burials Ahead’ as Congo Mourns Its Dead in Goma
Volunteers buried those who died during a week of clashes in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo.Credit... Supported by By Elian Peltier Photographs by Guerchom Ndebo Reporting from Goma ...
Cfr.org5d
War Returns to the Democratic Republic of Congo: What to Know
Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. In January, rebel fighters claimed the eastern city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Their sweep into Goma—a ...
Reuters3d
Dozens of runaway Congo soldiers face trial on violence charges
UN has reported mass violations, including gang rape M23 fighters, Congolese soldiers and militias all implicated The 75 Congolese soldiers facing trial fled the frontline Feb 9 (Reuters) - Congo ...
National Geographic news8d
What’s behind the strange rash of ’dinosaur’ sightings in the Congo?
The Congo Basin—Earth’s second-largest rainforest and one of its most vital ecosystems—has lost 23 million hectares of forest since Abong’o’s so-called dinosaur encounter, an area ...
Reuters7d
Ceasefire in east Congo appears to crumble as rebels take another town
Rebels have captured eastern town of Nyabibwe Government says its forces resist advance U.N. estimates at least 2,800 killed in fighting GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Feb 5 (Reuters ...
Mongabay13d
Mineral exploitation overshadows green diplomacy in Congo’s Sangha region
Read the first part of this two-part series. BAMEGOARD, Republic of Congo — Deep in the heart of a lush green forest, an excavator is hard at work, turning over the earth in search of gold.