DRC : Delays in Issuing 2026 Logging Permits, Forests Stuck in Administrative Deadlock – Secretary General Urged to Act

As we enter the second half of February 2026, no forestry company in the Democratic Republic…

Kinshasa : The Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Kingdom of the Netherlands Strengthen Cooperation for Sustainable Responses to Infrastructure and Climate Challenges

Kinshasa, February 18, 2026. In the hushed calm of a ministerial office, far from overly emphatic…

DRC : ACEDH commends the Environment Minister’s field mission in Lualaba against environmental crimes and calls for action against pollution and impunity in Moanda and at Lake Albert

The NGO ACEDH has expressed satisfaction following a field mission conducted in Lualaba Province by Environment…

Maniema : In the Territories of Kambambare and Kasongo, Seven Local Communities Move Toward Legal Recognition of Their Forests with Support from the Congo Basin Conservation Society (CBCS-Network)

In the Bangubangu Wamaza Sector and the Benye Nonda Chiefdom, seven local communities have recently taken…

Beni : Virunga National Park Adds 15 Megawatts of Electricity in North Kivu

On February 10, 2026, in Beni, the Congolese Alert for the Environment and Human Rights (ACEDH)…

Mwenga : Agroecological Mobilization of Farmers around the Itombwe Nature Reserve by the Congo Basin Conservation Society (CBCS-Network)

17 January 2026 – The Congo Basin Conservation Society (CBCS-Network) is leading a mobilization of farmers…

North Kivu : Environmental Defender John Tuyenabu Assassinated in Kichanga

January 16, 2026 – John Tuyenabu, secretary of the Committee of Former Workers and a prominent…

DRC : Vantara and Its Judicial Victory in India, But the Truth About DRC Chimpanzees Remains Unsettled

The claim that a Supreme Court of India ruling has “definitively closed the debate” around the…

From Samarkand to the Forests of the DRC: CITES Launches a Global Task Force to Save Great Apes

Meeting in Samarkand at the end of 2025, the 20th Conference of the Parties (CoP20) to…

Kinshasa : Closing of the Forest for People – People for Forest Program – When Communities Become the Heart of Forest Governance in the DRC

Kinshasa hosted, on December 10, 2025, the closing workshop of the Forest for People – People…

DRC : Olivier Ndoole Highlights December 10, 2025 as a Major Day for Climate Defenders Under High Pressure from Kibali Gold and Other Multinationals

Kinshasa – “December 10 is the most celebrated day for human rights defenders, and especially for…

Haut-Uélé: Two Environmental Defenders Illegally Detained – Civil Society Denounces an “Organized Silencing” Benefiting Mining Interests

Kinshasa — A letter of indignation received by our newsroom reveals a new scandal in the…