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A National Forest Carbon Map for the DRC

Kinshasa, DRC (18 may 2017) – The “Carbon Map and Model (CM&M)” project, executed by WWF in collaboration with the government of DRC and its partners have completed the first national forest biomass ...
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WWF-DRC completes its first national biomass map using LiDAR sampling

The Democratic Republic of Congo has become the first African country to build a national biomass map using LiDAR, furthering the scientific underpinning of their REDD+ processes. WWF-DRC launched the ...
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New carbon map will help protect the DRC’s rainforests

The DRC is home to 60 percent of the Congo rainforest, the second-largest contiguous tract of tropical forests in the world. According to WWF, which partnered with the the Ministry of Environment of ...
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Maps tease apart complex relationship between agriculture and deforestation in DRC

A team from the University of Maryland’s GLAD laboratory has analyzed satellite images of the Democratic Republic of Congo to identify different elements of the “rural complex” — where many of the DRC ...