What conservation rumors reveal about climate projects in the Congo Basin (commentary)

Mongabay
Sep 7, 2026, 3:00 am68 ptsTrending
In 2020, a strange rumor began circulating in villages around the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Tshopo province. A newly constructed scientific tower, people said, was extracting oxygen from the surrounding rainforest and sending it to Europe, where it was being sold for…

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