A major international collaboration of 356 scientists led by UCL researchers has found almost identical patterns of tree diversity across the world’s tropical forests. The study of over one million ...

New research warns that Africa's forests, once vital allies in the fight against climate change, have turned from a carbon sink into a carbon source. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

The author should be contacted directly for interview requests. WASHINGTON — A new study presents the first large-scale analysis of fire patterns in west and central Africa’s wet, tropical forests.

NAIROBI, May 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Africa's tropical forests appear more resilient as carbon sinks than Amazonian rainforests - mopping up planet-warming carbon dioxide even when sizzling ...

Recent data tell us that tropical Africa has lost about 22 per cent of its forested area since 1900, which is comparable to the losses in the Amazon.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A Nature study reveals surprising similarities among the most common tree species in tropical rainforests in Africa, the Amazon and Southeast Asia, ...

For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers is revealing unexpected ways to protect the planet. At sunset, humid air ...

Over time, rainforest communities in Africa have developed a close relationship with their neighbours, the so-called 'umbrella species' such as great apes and elephants. Umbrella species are often ...

France and Cameroon signed the first ever Central African debt-for-nature swap, which will see millions of dollars invested in protecting parts of the Congo River Basin, the world’s second largest ...