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‘Positive’ feedback: Farming practices in the DRC’s peatlands and forests — draining the land and slash-and-burn – threaten to release gigatonnes of carbon
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DRC’s carbon bomb is ticking

Scientists and green campaigners say the peatlands hold gigatonnes of carbon — a stockpile that poses a threat to hopes of limiting global warming.

  • Agence France Presse
  • Samir Tounsi
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