News Headline

Map of African forests shows areas most vulnerable to climate crisis

Source
World Economic Forum

Publication Date
2021-04-30

Much of the conversation surrounding the ecological benefits of tropical rainforests focuses on South America's Amazon. However, the forests of Central Africa are just as important. While the Amazon is the largest contiguous rainforest in the world, Central Africa's rainforests are the world's second largest, Nature reported. They store more carbon per hectare than the Amazon and host a higher concentration of large trees than any other continent.

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https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/04/african-rainforest-map-vulnerable-climate-change-attention