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Congo carbon plan kicks off
2013-10-13 15:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature: After lifting off this week from the chaotic urban jungle of Kinshasa, scientists guided a twin-engine aircraft over the real jungle. With a small onboard laser, they began sweeping the vast rainforest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), bouncing photons off leaves and branches. The aim is to measure -- and perhaps to preserve -- the carbon locked up in the tropical forests that cover two-thirds of the country. The data will also enhance scientists understanding of tropical forests...
Oryx Petroleum finds oil and gas at E-1 well, Congo
2013-09-06 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Oryx Petroleum has discovered oil and gas at the E-1 exploration well targeting the Elephant prospect in the Haute Mer A licence area in Congo (Brazzaville).
Congo Continues $12-Billion Hydropower Project Despite Criticism
2013-08-26 19:15:00| ENR.com: Headline News
Government officials seek investors and design is under way, but analysts are skeptical the projects will happen; separately, World Bank approves $340 million for regional dam in east Africa.
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Congo forest villages repair damage from charcoal business
2013-08-21 09:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Congolese village of Madimba is struggling with the ravages of decades of rampant deforestation and the capital Kinshasa's insatiable appetite for cooking with charcoal. It is not alone. As in many other villages across this huge central African country's Bas-Congo province, residents have to cope with a mix of climatic and environmental changes that threaten their traditional way of life. "With Kinshasa's electricity supply problems, the village of Madimba is one of those places supplying...
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Are we losing primary forests in the Congo Basin?
2013-08-08 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environ Research: The researchers assessed primary-forest changes at the national scale and modelled potential changes assuming that population growth, logging activity and maintenance infrastructure will remain the same. The analysis was based on mid-resolution satellite imagery and results of forest cover/change detection assessment of intact forest landscapes an approach that allowed the team to analyse intact and non-intact or degraded primary forests separately. The results show that almost 1% of primary forests...
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