Briefings
Joseph Katenga, Forest adviser to the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development Credit: Kevin McElvaney/Greenpeace
Congo Basin
2022
Lewis, S.L., Ewango, C., Crezee, B., Dargie, G.C. & the CongoPeat Consortium 2022. UPDATED Briefing on Oil Exploration in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, analyzing 27 auction blocks. 4 pages.
Lewis, S.L., Ewango, C., Crezee, B., Dargie, G.C. & the CongoPeat Consortium 2022. Briefing on Oil Exploration in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 4 pages.
Sonwa, D.J., Lewis, S.L., Ifo, S.A., Ewango, C., Mitchard, E.T.A., Dargie, G.C., Lawson, I.T., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Doumenge, C., Gond, V., Betbeder, J., Toham, A.K., Van Offelen, J., Kopansky, D., D’Annunzio, R., Monsembula, R., Nuutinen, M., Villegas, L., Milliken, K., Philippon, N., Bigot, S., Freeman, O.E., Bambuta, J.J., Jungers, Q., Román Cuesta, R.M. 2022. Les tourbières de la cuvette centrale du bassin du Congo : Réalités et perspectives. In: Eba’a Atyi, R, Hiol Hiol, F, Lescuyer, G, Mayaux, P, Defourny, P, Bayol, N, Saracco, F, Pokem, D, Sufo Kankeu, R, Nasi R. 2022. Les forêts du bassin du Congo : état des forêts 2021. [Online]. Bogor, Indonésie : CIFOR. pp.255-282.
2021
Lewis, S., Ewango, C.E.N., Ifo, S.A., Dargie, G.C. & the CongoPeat consortium. 2021. Protecting the Congo Basin Peatlands to Safeguard Climate and Biodiversity.
2018
Lewis, S. 2018. A plan to solve the mysteries of Congo’s vast tropical peatland. CarbonBrief. [Online]. 3 September. Available from: https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-a-plan-to-solve-mysteries-of-congos-vast-tropical-peatland
2017
Lewis, S. 2017. Vast carbon store found under Congo swamp forest. CarbonBrief. [Online]. 13 January. Available from: https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-vast-carbon-store-found-congo-swamp-forest
Miles, L., Ravilious, C., Garcia-Rangel, S., De Lamo, X., Dargie, G., Lewis, S. 2017. Carbon, biodiversity and land-use in the Central Congo Basin Peatlands. Cambridge: UNEP-WCMC.
Tropical Peatlands
2018
Thornton, S.A. 2018. Tropical Peatlands: their global importance and role in the water and carbon cycles. Geographical Association. [Online]. Available from: https://www.geography.org.uk/write/MediaUploads/teaching%20resources/Tropical-Peatlands_Their-global-importance-and-role-in-the-water-and-carbon-cycles.pdf
2017
Green, S. & Page, S.E. 2017. Tropical peatlands: current plight and need for responsible management. Geology Today. 33 (5), pp.174-179.
Global Peatlands
2019
United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme. 2019. Conservation and sustainable management of peatlands (9 March 2019). [Online]. UNEP/EA.4/L.19. Available from: http://web.unep.org/environmentassembly/ministerial-declaration-resolutions-and-decisions-unea-4
2017
Crump, J. (Ed.) 2017. Smoke on Water – Countering Global Threats From Peatland Loss and Degradation. A UNEP Rapid Response Assessment. Nairobi and Arendal: UNEP and GRID-Arendal.