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Jul 8, 2024 · Country name. conventional long form: Republic of the Congo conventional short form: Congo (Brazzaville) local long form: Republique du Congo local short form: Congo former: French Congo, Middle Congo, People's Republic of the Congo, Congo/Brazzaville etymology: named for the Congo River, which makes up much of the country's eastern border; the river name derives from Kongo, a Bantu kingdom ...
Jun 20, 2024 · The 20th Meeting of Parties (MoP 20) of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) takes place in Kinshasa from 3–5 June. Along with 12 forest ministers, over 600 participants are expected to join this MoP, making it one of the largest events on Congo Basin rainforests in 2024. It presents a critical opportunity to coordinate endeavors aimed at conserving and sustainably managing the Congo ...
Jun 21, 2024 · The Congo Basin Science Initiative is joining members of the Scientific and Academic College (SAC) of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) at the 26th IUFRO World Congress, a global gathering of forest stakeholders in Stockholm from 23-29 June 2024. Come and meet us if you are in Stockholm: together with SAC colleagues we will be hosting booth A01:01 in Exhibition Hall A at ...
6 days ago · The war-torn DRC has the largest tract of rainforest in the Congo Basin – at 1.6 million square-kilometres, it is the second biggest continuous rainforest in the world. Scientists believe most of this forest was probably elephant habitat in the past, but poaching and human encroachment have taken a toll on the animals.
Jun 21, 2024 · The Congo Basin Science Initiative has officially joined the Scientific and Academic College of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP).The Congo Basin Science Initiative is now one of 127 member countries and organizations working together in the Congo Basin Forest Partnership to promote sustainable resource management, combat climate change and its impacts, improve living conditions and ...
1 day ago · The Baka are forced to live in small roadside villages—without access to their own lands. Logging companies' concessions surround the parks. And it's not hard to see that it's their activities—not the Baka—threatening the Congo Basin forest, especially as most of the timber is destined for export to industrialized countries.
5 days ago · Democratic Republic of the Congo - Ethnic Groups, Languages, Religion: More than 200 African ethnic groups live in Congo; of these, Bantu peoples constitute a large majority of the country’s population. They entered the territory of modern Congo between the 10th and the 14th century from the west and north and established kingdoms that were flourishing at the time of European penetration ...
