European nations have backed a $2.5 billion plan to save the Congo rainforest, France's presidency told a United Nations ...

Deforestation, weak governance and extractive pressures also threaten this vital ecosystem, scientists said in the landmark ...

Here's the list of the largest rainforests in the world, including the 5.5 million km² Amazon. Learn why the Amazon and Congo ...

BELEM, Brazil - European nations have backed a $2.5 billion plan to save the Congo rainforest, France's presidency told a ...

From the vast Amazon to Siberia’s frozen taiga, Earth’s major forests hold the planet’s largest carbon reserves, silently storing billions of tons that regulate our global climate balance.

Earth's vital rainforests, crucial for oxygen production and climate regulation, face severe threats from deforestation and ...

The Congo Basin, a region of tropical forest larger than India, is at a point where further damage may rob the world of a ...

European nations are backing a $2.5 billion plan to protect the Congo rainforest, a move that could steal the spotlight from ...

Brazil hopes its flagship Tropical Forests Forever Facility will incentivize 74 forest-rich nations to keep their trees ...

African Union Commission (AUC); African Development Bank (AfDB), African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD); and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).WHEN: Tuesday, 11 ...

The region’s forests currently absorb 600 million tons of planet-warming carbon dioxide a year, equivalent to Germany’s emissions. That makes the basin the world’s biggest tropical carbon sink. But ...

Notably absent from the summit were leaders from the U.S., China and India, the world’s largest emitters of greenhouse gases.