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Author: Tori Ahearn

  • Sustainable Alternatives to Charcoal in the DRC

    Sustainable Alternatives to Charcoal in the DRC

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    Sustainable Alternatives to Charcoal in the DRC Sustainable Alternatives to Charcoal in the DRC. For millions in Africa and the Congo Basin, charcoal provides a readily accessible and inexpensive energy source for cooking and household heating. Population growth drives demand for the valuable “black gold” at an alarming rate, yet also fuels deforestation and biodiversity…

  • Protecting the Peatlands: Congo’s Carbon Time Bomb

    Protecting the Peatlands: Congo’s Carbon Time Bomb

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    Protecting the Peatlands: Congo’s Carbon Time Bomb Protecting the Peatlands in Congo: A Carbon Time Bomb. In 2017, a group of researchers discovered the world’s largest tropical peatland hidden in the heart of the Congo Basin (1). This area, named the Cuvette Centrale, hosts the greatest storage of carbon in Africa, with an estimated 30…