Democratic Republic of Congo is house to the world’s largest tropical peatlands.
They retailer enormous quantities of carbon, regulate the planet’s local weather and host many species of vegetation and animals.
However they face a brand new risk – oil and gasoline exploration, that may quickly start.
Environmental activists say this can have a devastating impression on this critically essential ecosystem.
Al Jazeera’s Nick Clark reviews from the Lomako Reserve, in DRC.
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