It is the year 2050. The Blue Nile has almost run dry, starved of the rains at its source that were historically sustained by atmospheric rivers flowing from the Congo Basin rainforests.
GalleryPhotographer Thomas Nicolon visited the Bayaka, who are now part of forest protection teams in the Congo Basin. Hunting was banned when a national park was created in Congo-Brazzaville ...
Congo is home to most of the Congo Basin rainforest, the world’s second-biggest, and most of the world’s largest tropical peatland, made up of partially decomposed wetland plant material.