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Congo’s ‘Garden of Eden’ withstands growing human pressure
By Ryan Biller LAC TÉLÉ COMMUNITY RESERVE , Republic of Congo — Standing on a riverbank in Lac Télé Community Reserve in ...
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Progress on rights complaint systems in Congo Basin but more needed, says group
After a human rights scandal in Congo Basin protected areas led to U.S. congressional hearings in 2021, donors and conservationists said they’d work to strengthen complaints processes to prevent ...
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Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Country Climate and Development Report 2023
The Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) sheds light on the severe vulnerability of the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) population to climate-related shocks. The report highlights that ...
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Year 3 Implementation Update
In 2020, an Independent Panel chaired by Judge Navi Pillay published a report that reviewed and assessed WWF’s role in connection with allegations of human rights abuses by some government rangers in ...
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WWF discovery sheds light into the new 742 wildlife and plants discovered in the Congo Basin
A report titled, “New Life in the Congo Basin: a Decade of Species Discoveries 2013-2023" was conducted by hundreds of scientists from universities, conservation organisations and research ...
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Congo’s ‘Garden of Eden’ withstands growing human pressure
says the landscape is notably well-preserved compared to other parts of the Congo Basin. “It’s such a remote place with not a lot of human settlement, so large parts haven’t been impacted in ...
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Progress on rights complaint systems in Congo Basin but more needed, says group
On November 27, the Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK) released a report on data it collected on human rights complaints procedures at 24 protected areas in four Congo Basin countries. The data ...