but potentially there s even more carbon stored on this side of the congo river. the scientists now calculate that the bulk is far bigger and deeper than they originally estimated the peak is up to six meters thick in places and covers an area about the size of great britain that s why maintaining the area is so important for the environment as you see there is the seas rounding the forest to the forest is also still is running the carbon stroking the cardboard so it s a double stuck in cow bones above ground but i must turn you to count one and assume the underlying deposit and if you want this forest that s got double times releasing the cob one more carbon in india to mistreat the forests of the congo basin around the ever increasing pressure. similar primeval woodlands and asia have already disappeared and deforestation is now also