Deep in the heart of Africa lies the Cuvette Centrale, home to the world’s largest tropical peatlands—a hidden treasure storing three years’ worth of global fossil fuel emissions. After decades of mystery, scientists are now racing to understand and protect this critical ecosystem before it’s too late.
Stretching across the...
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Sustainable Development and the Congo Basin of the Republic of the Congo, and with the support of the UNEP-DHI Partnership – Centre on Water and Environment, convened a stakeholder consultation workshop in Brazzaville on 13–14 March...
Brazzaville, the Republic of Congo, 10-11 February 2025
As part of the project “Securing Crucial Biodiversity, Carbon and Water Stores in the Congo Basin Peatlands by Enabling Evidence-Based Decision‑Making and Good Governance,” a two-day workshop was organized in Brazzaville on February 10-11 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...
Reducing biodiversity loss to support a healthy ecosystem while guarding against disease spillover events between and among animals and people is a focus of the GEF-funded and UNEP-led Congo Forests Integrated Programme. As information around the illegal wildlife trade is key to law enforcement activities in this area, the Programme...
Strengthening the ability of local communities to sustainably manage the forests they call home is a main focus of the GEF-funded Congo Forests Integrated Programme led by UNEP under UNEP’s Congo Basin Landscapes Initiative. The Initiative is doing this by supporting local communities to develop and build partnerships between the...