While most people think of the Amazon when discussing tropical rainforests, there's another colossal green giant quietly doing incredible work for our planet. The Congo Basin rainforest spans six ...
WASHINGTON, October 20, 2025 - The Congo Basin, home to the world's second-largest tropical rainforest, holds immense value for not only the six countries it spans, but for the planet. A new World ...
When Brazil’s President Lula chose Belém - a coastal city close to the mouth of the Amazon River - to host the UN climate conference of Cop30, he did so to ensure that the world’s largest rainforest ...
High-definition trail cameras at a park in the Republic of the Congo reveal elusive rainforest animals. A photo shows two African forest elephants. Photo from Will Burrard-Lucas and Wildlife ...
BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -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 ...
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