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Congo Basin Deforestation Contributes Rising Regional Temperatures
2014-04-15 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: As global temperatures are expected to rise by 2050, deforestation in the Congo Basin could exacerbate regional temperature extremes by a factor of half, according to new research. Current models predict that by 2050, Central Africa will be an average of 1.4 degrees Celsius hotter than it is today as a result of global greenhouse gas emissions, and deforestation will add 0.7 degrees Celsius to that figure, according to a study by University of Leuven in Belgium. Deforestation in the Congo Basin...
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Deforestation could intensify climate change in Congo Basin by half
2014-04-15 09:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: By 2050, deforestation could cause temperatures in the Congo Basin to increase by 0.7 °C. The increase would intensify warming caused by greenhouse gases by half, according to a study by researchers at the University of Leuven, Belgium. Explosive population growth and inefficient agricultural practices are causing large-scale destruction of tropical rainforests in Central Africa. A team of researchers from the University of Leuven examined how these practices will affect longer-term temperatures...
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World Bank approves 52.9m grant for Inga hydro project in Congo
2014-03-24 01:00:00| Power Technology
The World Bank has approved $73.1m (52.9m) grant for the Democratic Republic of Congo's Inga 3 Basse Chute (BC) and mid-size hydropower development technical assistance project.
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Indigenous people witness climate change in the Congo Rainforest
2014-03-20 20:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Indigenous communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are observing climate change even though they have no knowledge of the science, according to a unique collaboration between the Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK) and local communities. The environmental changes witnessed by the locals in the Congo Rainforest include increased temperature, less rainfall and alterations to the seasons, much as expected under global climate change. "Indigenous peoples in the Congo Basin rainforests face...
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Democratic Republic of Congo: Soco International's oil activity in world heritage park raises tricky questions for investors
2014-03-04 14:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A war of words between WWF and UK-listed oil company Soco International about its plans to explore for oil in a world heritage site in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has come to a head after a ruling by an international tribunal. Soco, whose preliminary results for 2013 are published tomorrow, has a permit to explore in part of the Virunga National Park, Africa's oldest national park and home to the critically endangered mountain gorillas made famous by the film Gorillas in the Mist. ...
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