Congo Basin countries have announced the launch of a payments for environmental services, or PES, initiative at the COP30 ...

BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -Brazil insisted on hosting this year's COP30 climate summit in the Amazonian city of Belem to put ...

Gabon's government and a coalition of donors have signed an agreement aimed at protecting 34,000 square km (13,000 square ...

At COP30 in Brazil, leaders are highlighting the Congo rainforest’s crucial role as the world’s largest carbon sink. Despite ...

"COP30 is a signal of hope, but we cannot fool ourselves. The Amazon, like Pope Francis said in Puerto Maldonado [in 2018], ...

Governments and investors are seeking minerals, timber and oil in the Congo Basin to fuel the global economy and the green ...

France, Britain, Norway, Germany, Belgium back conservation scheme Brazil has put separate, global forest fund at center of COP30 agenda Norway, France, Germany also offered funds for Brazil-led TFFF ...

Gabon partners with international donors in the 'Gabon Infini' initiative to protect 34,000 sq km of Congo Basin rainforests. The $180 million plan will finance national parks, combat elephant ...

The French-led initiative — backed by Germany, Norway, Belgium and Britain — is called “The Belem Call for the Forests of the Congo Basin”. Backers expect to mobilise resources to help countries ...

European nations are throwing their weight behind a $2.5 billion plan to save the Congo rainforest, a document seen by Reuters showed, launching a conservation scheme that may steal some thunder from ...