An African city that produces a stunning blossom each spring making it the world's largest man-made urban forest.

The UN-backed Central African Forest Initiative (Cafi) has handed over $17m (£12m) - the first tranche of a $150m deal struck in 2019. Nearly 90% of Gabon is covered by forest, which captures ...

"Fires are very important landscape management tools and are used to clear land for planting crops," says Lauren Williams, a specialist in Central and West African forests at the World Resources ...

The authors place special emphasis on the vital role that forests can play in the Central African economy as a source of livelihood for indigenous groups and as a provider of environmental ...

While Indigenous forests cover only 9.1 percent of the ... takes his samples back to his employers at the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Belgium. And then there are Ashley Kirk-Spriggs and ...

In this view, early humans bypassed West and Central Africa, especially tropical forests. These areas, the argument went, ...

The funds were delivered by the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI), an organisation launched in 2015 by the United Nations and backed by international donors. The scheme provides financial ...

The Central African Republic is a destination for those seeking authentic adventures and a close encounter with African ...

HABITAT: Forest elephants occupy the rainforests of West and Central Africa. RANGE: The majority of remaining forest elephant populations occur in Central Africa, in the countries of Gabon, Democratic ...

The country is now one of the few to reverse deforestation, stop biodiversity loss and increase forest cover to more than half of its territory. In Gabon, which is backed by the Central African ...

Butterflies are abundant in the Central African Republic. It is home to nearly 600 identified species, many brilliantly colored, some as big as a saucer. Clouds of the fluttering insects often ...

Since 2015, West and Central Africa has emerged as the largest source and transit hub for forest elephant ivory, pangolin scales and African rosewood, all part of the global illegal wildlife trade ...