In Congo, a carbon sink like no other risks being carved up for oil

Mongabay
Jul 28, 2022, 7:46 am218 pts
The world’s largest bank of the partially decomposed plant matter known as peat in the tropics is even more extensive than initially thought, according to a new study. The peatlands of the Congo Basin cover some 167,600 square kilometers (64,710 square miles) in the Republic of Congo and the Democratic…

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