Can selective logging help the Congo Basin store more carbon?

Mongabay
Jul 2, 2026, 6:38 pm124 ptsTrending
The rainforests of the Congo Basin are the planet’s largest forested carbon sink: as these 3.3 million square kilometers (1.3 million square miles) of trees in Central Africa breathe in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, they turn it into leaves and bark and branches, helping to mitigate the effects of…

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