Understanding the ecology of the Congo Basin forests from space Ghent University
The Congo Basin is the second largest tropical forest in the world, spanning Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial New Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of Congo, yet the distribution of their carbon stocks and biomass is relatively unknown and remains highly uncertain. Given both the size of this region and the multitude of ecosystem services that tropical forests provide, this represents a ...