Industry, governments, and other stakeholders are looking for tools to better assess the risk that products linked to illegal deforestation enter global trade flows. As illicit acts, illegal deforestation and related crimes in forest areas
Mongabay seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging trends in climate, technology, economics,and finance on conservation and development.
ISANGI, Congo In a secluded corner of the Congo, machetes in hand, scientists make their way through the Yangambi Reserve, using shallow streams as natural paths to move faster through the wilderness. Some of them are plotting routes for a large-scale biodiversity survey. Others are climbing a metallic structure the size of a 20-story […]
BASOKO, Congo In Yaliwasa, northern DRC, logs from 200-year-old hardwood trees lie rotting deep into the world’s second largest rainforest. They were cut in a hurry to be exported to global processing hubs in Asia, then redistributed to luxury markets in China and beyond. Instead, the precious wood is sprouting orange fungi and crumbles […]
Congo's Forests, Irregularly in European Hands (Spanish). This story was originally translated from Spanish. To read the original story in full, visit El País. A large European logging group has irregularly converted more than a dozen of its logging permits.