The Congo Basin peatland -- an area larger than New York State -- has accumulated around 30 billion metric tons of carbon over the last 11,000 years, according to a study published Wednesday in ...

[AP Photos] Sections of a renowned peatland tropical forest in the Congo Basin that plays a crucial role in Africa’s climate system go up for oil and gas auction in Kinshasa in the Democratic ...

Congo is home to most of the Congo Basin rainforest, the world’s second-biggest, and most of the world’s largest tropical ...