African Rainforests will suffer from a totally new climate of unprecedented heat from 2025 onwards with staggering consequences for all life on Earth. 
The most intact rainforests cover 6 countries. This 2013 study projects years of 'climate departure' on our current high emissions path:
Equatorial Guinea 2024
Gabon 2024
Cameroon 2025
Central African Republic 2028
DR Congo 2028
Republic of the Congo 2028
Equatorial Guinea 2024
Gabon 2024
Cameroon 2025
Central African Republic 2028
DR Congo 2028
Republic of the Congo 2028
Central Africa is experiencing the highest acceleration in deforestation of any region on Earth.
The forests of the Congo Basin face myriad threats:
industrial agriculture
proliferating road networks
new oil and gas exploration
a regional drying trend
news.mongabay.com/2019/12/rainfo…
The forests of the Congo Basin face myriad threats:
industrial agriculture
proliferating road networks
new oil and gas exploration
a regional drying trend
news.mongabay.com/2019/12/rainfo…
'The outlook for Central and West Africa's rainforests is not promising.'
'Logging roads are opening vast areas of forest to colonists and poachers. Numerous infrastructure projects have been initiated by foreign companies.'
rainforests.mongabay.com/20afrotropical…
'Logging roads are opening vast areas of forest to colonists and poachers. Numerous infrastructure projects have been initiated by foreign companies.'
rainforests.mongabay.com/20afrotropical…
Mammals, amphibians, reptiles and birds are likely to disappear on a catastrophic scale in African ecosysterms when temperatures go over 1.5C later in the 2020s.theguardian.com/environment/20…
The IPCC says the world won't achieve critical emissions reductions goals without stopping deforestation, but governments and corporations are driving the destruction of more trees so rapidly that rainforests are beginning to hit tipping points. insideclimatenews.org/news/13092019/…
The world’s second-largest rainforest plays a role in regulating rainfall patterns across other parts of Africa.
'Its continued disappearance could exacerbate insecurity of freshwater and food supplies for some of Africa’s most vulnerable populations.'
wri.org/blog/2019/07/c…
'Its continued disappearance could exacerbate insecurity of freshwater and food supplies for some of Africa’s most vulnerable populations.'
wri.org/blog/2019/07/c…
"This carbon sink is turning off far earlier than even the most pessimistic of these climate models". ⚠️
By 2030, the African jungle will absorb 14% less carbon dioxide than it did 10 to 15 years ago. By 2035, Amazonian trees won’t absorb any CO2 at all.seattletimes.com/nation-world/t…
By 2030, the African jungle will absorb 14% less carbon dioxide than it did 10 to 15 years ago. By 2035, Amazonian trees won’t absorb any CO2 at all.seattletimes.com/nation-world/t…
