Example of Peat swamp forest in Gunung Mulu National Park Photo: eremiahsCPs

Climate and human activity may damage world’s largest tropical peatlands, new study finds

January 30th, 2018 New research has discovered that both climate change and human activity have the potential to “significantly damage” the world’s largest tropical peatland in central Congo. The tropical peatlands in the Cuvette Centrale are the most extensive in the world, covering around 145,500 km2, twice the land area Read more…