Forest rangers say pressure is mounting. Corneille Makonga recalls how a powerful individual arrived with heavy machinery, ...

Valery Kyembo was leading an inspection of his community's protected forest reserve deep in the Democratic Republic of ...

North of the limits of the Lukutwe community forest concession, two armed soldiers stepped in front of Valery Kyembo and his ...

The world’s only living relative of the giraffe has received its strongest global protection yet. Conservationists say the move closes trafficking loopholes, strengthens protections in the Democratic ...

This analysis explores key storylines, examining the political, environmental, and economic dynamics shaping tropical rainforests in 2025, with attention to how policy, markets, and climate stress ...

Mafuko, the mom of the twins, was born in 2003 but her mother was shot dead and she later joined a different family, ...

The twins “appeared to be in healthy condition at the time of the observation,” Congo's Virunga National Park said.

From stronger national laws and enforcement staff trained to spot illegality, to sophisticated technology which spots likely corruption or uses AI to identify species of wood, the enormous timber ...

A new study published in Scientific Reports has raised a stark warning: Africa's forests, once vital absorbers of carbon, have shifted into net emitters between 2010 and 2017. This reversal marks a ...

An endangered mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

Jan 2 (Reuters) - Islamic State-linked rebels killed at least 15 people in three villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Lubero territory, two officials said on Friday, keeping up a pattern ...