CARPE is a long-term initiative of the United States Government to promote sustainable forest management, biodiversity conservation, and climate change mitigation in the Congo Basin through increased local, national, and regional natural resource management capacity.

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Good News / Bad News for Great Apes in western Central Africa

Republic of Congo (06/08/2018)

The results of a significant decade long study of Western lowland gorillas and central chimpanzees led by CARPE partner Wildlife Conservation Society  was recently published in Science Advances. The study area included Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon,  and the Republic of Congo and was supported in part by USAID-CARPE.

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Fighting the ivory trade in the courts of the Republic of Congo

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Characterizing Congo Basin Rainfall and Climate Using Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Satellite Data and Limited Rain Gauge Ground Observations (2015 JAMC-D-14-0052.1)
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National-scale estimation of gross forest aboveground carbon loss: a case study of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2013 Environ. Res. Lett. Volume 8, Number 4)
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Forest cover dynamics of shifting cultivation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2000–2010 (2015 Environ. Res. Lett. 10 094009)

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