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Democratic Republic of Congo

Oil not charcoal the biggest threat to Congo rainforest, top researcher warns

Oil not charcoal the biggest threat to Congo rainforest, top researcher warns

Stop blaming poor communities for deforestation, urges author of upcoming FAO report, warning oil exploration could set off a “giant carbon bomb”

DR Congo plans to lift logging moratorium amid forest protection talks

DR Congo plans to lift logging moratorium amid forest protection talks

The government is ending a decade-old ban on new forestry concessions, to the horror of campaigners who say the move is incompatible with climate targets

DR Congo campaigners take minister to court over illegal logging rights claims

DR Congo campaigners take minister to court over illegal logging rights claims

Environment minister Claude Nyamugabo is accused of violating a moratorium on logging in the Congo rainforest, by awarding concessions the size of Wales

Norway at loggerheads with DR Congo over forest protection payments

Norway at loggerheads with DR Congo over forest protection payments

International donors have frozen funding to conserve the world’s second largest rainforest, with the DRC environment minister said to have gone “rogue”

Alarm as DR Congo considers opening rainforest to loggers

Alarm as DR Congo considers opening rainforest to loggers

NEWS: NGOs warn Kinshasa proposal threatens world’s second largest tropical forest, undermining climate commitments

EU-funded deforestation clampdown in Africa 'flawed'

EU-funded deforestation clampdown in Africa ‘flawed’

NEWS: Expanding protected areas in DR Congo and Liberia could blow donors’ budgets, displace hundreds of thousands of people and fuel conflict, says NGO

Forests ‘without a prayer’ if UN pact shuns tough tree talk

Forests ‘without a prayer’ if UN pact shuns tough tree talk

NEWS: Climate deal set to sign off on forest-saving initiative first launched in 2005, but strong signal to stop deforestation truer test

DRC climate plan 'leaves laggards with no excuse'

DRC climate plan ‘leaves laggards with no excuse’

INTERVIEW: If conflict-riven state can forge a carbon-cutting strategy then so can others says Kinshasa’s lead climate diplomat

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