Extended Data Fig. 9: Distribution of national protected areas and industrial concessions across the central Congo Basin peatland complex.
From: Mapping peat thickness and carbon stocks of the central Congo Basin using field data
The base map shows belowground peat carbon density (shaded grey; Fig. 4a), overlaid with protected areas at national-level (national parks and nature/biosphere/community reserves; adapted with permission from ref. 51), or industrial logging (adapted with permission from refs. 52,53), mining (adapted with permission from refs. 54,55), and palm oil (adapted with permission from refs. 56,57,58) concessions. Black lines represent national boundaries; grey lines represent sub-national administrative boundaries. Images from refs. 52,53,54,55 and 57 adapted under a CC BY licence.
