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ArticleNature communications2026

Managed rainforests support higher carbon density and sequestration in the Congo Basin.

Le Bienfaiteur Sagang, Ricardo Dalagnol, Lee White, Stephanie George-Chacon, Samuel Favrichon, Shuang Li, Fabien Wagner, Zhihua Liu, Dafeng Zhang, Alfred Ngomanda and 5 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Le Bienfaiteur SagangInstitute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. sagang.bienfaiteur@yahoo.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8778-3121
Ricardo DalagnolCtrees, Pasadena, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7151-8697
Lee WhiteSchool of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4595-5981
Stephanie George-ChaconGlobal Green Growth Institute (GGGI), Mexico City, Mexico.
Samuel FavrichonGamma Remote Sensing AG, Gümligen, Switzerland.
Shuang LiCtrees, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Fabien WagnerCtrees, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Zhihua LiuCtrees, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Dafeng ZhangInstitute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Alfred NgomandaCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (CENAREST), Libreville, Gabon.
Vincent MedjibeIndependent Researcher, Libreville, Gabon.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6572-4101
Bonaventure SonkéPlant Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Higher Teachers' Training College, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Nicolas BarbierAMAP, Univ Montpellier, IRD, CIRAD, CNRS, INRAE, Montpellier, France.
Elsa M OrdwayInstitute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7720-1754
Sassan SaatchiInstitute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Funding

International Programs, US Forest Service (International Programs of the US Forest Service) 447711-SR-21406-05
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Land-use is a key driver of forest loss and aboveground live carbon (AGC) emissions in the Congo Basin (CB) rainforest. Here we evaluate the influence of land-use disturbances on AGC stocks and fluxes by developing an AGC density map for the year 2020 and integrating it with high-resolution forest cover change data spanning 30 years (1990-2020) to quantify carbon emissions and removals. Logged forests show 8% (5%-10%) less AGC compared to old growth, while slash-and-burn and unmanaged degradations display up to 50% differences. Unmanaged areas account for 54% of the region's AGC storage. Old growth dominates the total AGC removals (84%) with the region functioning as a net AGC sink at -37.5 ± 4.8 TgCyr

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PMID42062283
PMCPMC13338143

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