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The Congo Basin: Carbon Sink and Biodiversity Hotspot
刚果盆地：碳汇与生物多样性热点
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The Congo Basin holds the world’s second-largest tropical rainforest, storing 8% of global carbon.
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Its peatlands—discovered in 2017—cover 145,500 km² and hold 30 billion tons of carbon.
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Forest elephants disperse seeds of over 100 tree species, many of which cannot germinate otherwise.
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Logging roads open access for bushmeat hunting, threatening ape and duiker populations.
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Community forestry programs grant legal rights to manage forest plots sustainably.
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Satellite radar monitors deforestation in near real time, even under persistent cloud cover.
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Cocoa and palm oil plantations expand fastest in Cameroon and Gabon’s forest margins.
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Indigenous Baka and Mbuti peoples possess detailed ecological knowledge passed orally for centuries.
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Carbon credit initiatives fund rangers and GPS mapping to deter illegal logging.
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Transboundary parks like Dzanga-Sangha link protected zones across three Central African nations.