Headlines AfricaFeb 24
Africa: Congo Basin Countries Forge Strategic Path to Carbon Markets With Roadmaps to Monetize Forest Wealth: [World Bank] Washington -- Six countries of the Congo Basin--Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Republic of Congo--are working to take bold steps to unlock results-based payments and climate finance. The newly launched… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TR7GrV #CarbonMarkets #ClimateFinance #CongoBasin #ForestWealth #SustainableDevelopment
Newz.AfricaFeb 16
Cameroon’s forests are shrinking. Citizens question authorities as illicit timber trafficking fuels Congo Basin deforestation. 🌍 #Cameroon #CongoBasin #deforestation
Newz.AfricaFeb 16
Cameroon’s forests are shrinking. Citizens question authorities as illicit timber trafficking fuels Congo Basin deforestation. 🌍 #Cameroon #CongoBasin #Deforestation
https://newz.africa/2026/02/16/cameroon-congo-basin-deforestation-2026/?fsp_sid=1443
DoomsdaysCWNov 16

To fix the climate, simply empower #Indigenous people

by Kiki Taufik, 10 Nov 2025

"Climate change is the defining issue of our age. While nations search for complex technological solutions at this year’s high-stakes climate meeting in the Amazon city of #Belém, a simpler yet powerful answer has been waiting in the wings. I saw it firsthand in the forests of #WestPapua’s Bird’s Head Peninsula in the company of #IndigenousYouth from the Amazon, the #CongoBasin, and #Borneo.

"They showed me a truth that the world has been overlooking: one of the most effective climate solutions lies in empowering Indigenous people.

"In this way, we can prevent an immense amount of carbon emissions from #deforestation and preserve priceless #biodiversity and all the benefits we reap from it. It’s a strategy that more than pays for itself."

https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/to-fix-the-climate-simply-empower-indigenous-people-commentary/

#SolarPunkSunday #MongaBay #SiraDeclaration #ClimateChange #UNDRIP #FPIC #AmazonRiverBasin #IndigenousPeople #IndigenousSolutions #TraditionalIndigenousKnowledge

To fix the climate, simply empower Indigenous people (commentary)

Climate change is the defining issue of our age. While nations search for complex technological solutions at this year’s high-stakes climate meeting in the Amazon city of Belém, a simpler yet powerful answer has been waiting in the wings. I saw it firsthand in the forests of West Papua’s Bird’s Head Peninsula in the company […]

Mongabay Environmental News
DragofixNov 13

Congo Basin communities bear the costs of industrial expansion https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/11/congo-basin-communities-bear-the-costs-of-industrial-expansion/

#Congo #CongoBasin #environment #industry

Congo Basin communities bear the costs of industrial expansion

Governments and investors are seeking minerals, timber and oil in the Congo Basin to fuel the global economy and the green transition. However, communities that have lived in the world’s second-largest rainforest for generations are paying the highest price for extraction, according to a new report published ahead of the upcoming United Nations Climate Change […]

Mongabay Environmental News
Quantum SplashNov 9

🙏🏼 Please share before #COP30 tomorrow.

❤️ Indigenous youth are rising: Across #TropicalForests , a new generation speaks with a unified voice: 🌎🌍🌏 https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/79351/indigenous-youth-rising-tropical-forests-generation-speaks-unified-voice

#forest #RespectTheAmazon #rainforest
#Amazon #Borneo #CongoBasin #Papua
#ClimateChange

Indigenous youth are rising: Across tropical forests, a new generation speaks with a unified voice - Greenpeace International

Deep within the forest of Sira Village, West Papua, nearly 100 young Indigenous Leaders gathered for a Forest Defenders Camp.

Greenpeace International
Headlines AfricaOct 29
Africa: If Threatened and Ignored Congo Basin Rainforests Vanish, 'Africa Is Not Viable': [Daily Maverick] Conservationists are trying to pull the Congo Basin's plight out of the shadows and into the light of scientific research. Conservationist Lee White says it is Africa's beating heart and without its rainforests the continent will be in big trouble. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TNy0S2 #CongoBasin #RainforestConservation #SaveAfrica #ClimateAction #Biodiversity
Headlines AfricaOct 22
Africa: Congo Basin Forests Hold Trillions in Untapped Value - New Report Calls for Strategic Global Investment: [World Bank] Washington -- 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 Bank report reveals the region's forests are not only essential for climate stability and biodiversity,… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TNpnf6 #CongoBasin #Forests #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #Sustainability
Jens NotroffJun 10, 2024

Extensive #SocialNetworks and continent-wide exchange between different hunter-gatherer groups in the #CongoBasin preserved a cultural #diversity that evolved thousands of years ago, University of study suggests:

https://idw-online.de/en/news834135 via @idw_online

Cultural and Linguistic Networks of Central African Hunter-Gatherers Have Ancient Origin

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Apr 8, 2024

The unique plant biodiversity of the Central African bemba forests https://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/38655

"Deep in the #forests of the #CongoBasin there is a species of tree which is doing something truly remarkable. In these hotspots of #biodiversity, where every tree is typically a different species to its neighbour, this species forms almost pure stands... up to 90% of the #trees reaching the #canopy are G. dewevrei. The local name for this tree is bemba, and the forests it creates are truly beautiful."

The unique plant biodiversity of the Central African bemba forests

Deep in the forests of the Congo Basin there is a species of tree, Gilbertiodendron dewevrei, which is doing something truly remarkable. In these hotspots of biodiversity, where every tree is typically a different species to its neighbour, this tree species forms almost pure stands. In these forest

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