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Story summary
- Between 2010 and 2017, logging and mining transformed the Congo rainforest from a carbon sink to a carbon source, with an annual loss of 106 million tonnes of biomass.
- African forests previously absorbed about 20% of global CO2.
- Deforestation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is driven by slash-and-burn agriculture and illegal logging.
- At COP30, Brazil introduced a fund to incentivize forest preservation.
- Contributions remain below the target.
