The Congo rainforest in Africa is one of the world’s largest rainforests. Like other tropical rainforests such as the Amazon, it is located close to the Equator, where the sun’s energy is more ...

Most of us have heard of the Amazon Rainforest and with good reason. It is the largest tropical rainforest in the world and is important for the role it plays in absorbing carbon dioxide and ...

compared to 380 butterfly species in Europe and North Africa combined. The tropical forest biome is composed of several different sub-biomes, including evergreen rainforest, seasonal deciduous ...

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These areas include the bottom of the Earth’s oceans, but also the canopy of the planet’s rainforests ... decided to use LiDAR to create a 3D map of these forests (press release).

"Tropical rainforest" might conjure ... are located only in the rainforests of the Congo Basin of west-central Africa. Some stretching the length of 40 football fields, and some only a few hundred ...

Not only do ingredients in Amazonian plants make us smell nice, they can save lives too. 70% of the plants that have proven anti-cancer properties are only found in tropical rainforests. Did you know ...

We need your help to protect the Amazon. South America’s Amazon contains nearly a third of all the tropical rainforests left on Earth. Despite covering only around 1% of the planet’s surface, the ...

The rainforest-rich nations of Indonesia and Brazil had the highest tree cover loss linked to mining in the period, at 370,000 hectares and 170,000 hectares respectively, mostly due to coal mining and ...

The Congo Basin contains the world’s second-largest tropical rainforest, spanning about 3.7 million square kilometres and covering a tenth of Africa. Some 60 per cent of the rainforest in the Congo ...

Gabon has become the first African country to receive payment for reducing carbon emissions by protecting its rainforest ... list The bold plan to save Africa's largest forest Why did 300 ...