Forests and climate change

About the research

Tropical forests are one of the world’s most important weapons in the fight against climate change thanks to their ability to remove carbon from the atmosphere. Research conducted in Yangambi is helping scientists measure carbon uptake by intact tropical forests through periodic censuses in permanent sample plots, and obtain data on greenhouse gas exchanges between the atmosphere and the forest.

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Congoflux: A new facility in Yangambi to study the Congo Basin forests

Yangambi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is home to the first eddy covariance tower in the Congo Basin since October 2020: Congoflux, a scientific structure that measures exchanges of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, between the atmosphere and the forest.
The data produced by Congoflux is essential to understand the contribution of the Congo Basin forest to climate change mitigation and thereby it will inform decision-making on forest conservation.

Film director: Thomas Freteur | Images: Thomas Freteur and Fiston Wasanga | Editing: Darek Tuba

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