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    • Scientists confirm presence of peatlands in Democratic Republic of Congo [1]
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    • Scientists confirm presence of peatlands in Democratic Republic of Congo [3]
    • Scientists confirm presence of peatlands in Democratic Republic of Congo [4]
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Scientists confirm presence of peatlands in Democratic Republic of Congo

A major threat for the peatland is industrial logging. Of a total of 57 logging concessions in the DRC, at least 29, covering around 5 million hectares, are illegal

Scientist have confirmed the presence of peatlands in the Democratic Republic of Congo after an expedition in the village of Lokolama (45 km from Mbandaka - capital of the province of Equateur in the Democratic Republic of Congo). The first Congo Basin peatlands map was published in January 2017, in…

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    • The Esperanza joins the Greenpeace Africa campaign in the DRC to save the Congo Basin forest
    • The Esperanza joins the Greenpeace Africa campaign in the DRC to save the Congo Basin forest (1)
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The Esperanza joins the Greenpeace Africa campaign in the DRC to save the Congo Basin forest

The Esperanza docked on Tuesday, 24 October at the port of Boma, in the Kongo Central province, and will travel the waters of the Congo River to anchor at the port of Matadi for nearly ten days

The Esperanza, the largest ship in the Greenpeace (www.Greenpeace.org) fleet is currently in the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of its tour of the coasts of Central African countries with a message: “Give the Congo Basin forest a chance”. It is also the slogan of the ship tour that began in…