Congo Basin: How Deforestation Affects Precipitation Patterns

Illegal logging constitutes a grave threat to biodiversity. (Illustration photo: RoyLuck/flickr.com)

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David Aled Williams

Principal Adviser (U4) and Senior Researcher (CMI)

Commissioned by the Norwegian Environment Agency, this short commissioned research project provides an evidence review on deforestation and its drivers in the Congo Basin, and on how deforestation affects precipitation patterns. The project is a collaboration between NORCE and CMI.

Publications

Report in External Series | 2023

Effects of the Congo Basin Rainforest on Rainfall Patterns

Barimalala, Rondrotiana, Kolstad, Erik Wilhelm, Parker, Douglas John, Williams, D. Aled

Congo Basin: How Deforestation Affects Precipitation Patterns

David Aled Williams

Publications

Effects of the Congo Basin Rainforest on Rainfall Patterns

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