Congo-Brazzaville : Three Basins Summit Kicks Off

A Three Basins Summit is ongoing in Congo Brazzaville with over 3,000 participants in attendance. The Three Basins Summit, organized by the Congo Basin Climate Commission and the member States of the Three Basins, comes at a critical juncture for the fate of the world's tropical forest basins. Countries of the Congo Basin, Amazon and Southeast Asia region encompass 80% of the world’s tropical forests and two-thirds of terrestrial biodiversity. They provide critical ecosystem services and play an important role in regulating the climate. Yet these forests are being lost at alarming rates and funding to preserve them is not enough to turn the tide and incentivize efforts to keep forests standing.
Because of the abov, and more, leaders from the Three Basins have decided to come together (from October 26-28, 2023) and form a coalition. The alliance is critical to drive urgent action needed to deliver a future with more thriving forests that benefit humanity. The Summit builds on the outcomes of the first of such Summit in 2011 and also addresses emerging issues, including the global governance of the three tropical forests basins. The purpose of the Summit is also to implement, within the framework of the United Nations Decade for Ecosystem Restoration, the first global coalition to restore 350 million hectares of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.
In the face of accelerating climate change and its increasingly harmful consequences for human communities, animal and plant species, the Three Basins bear a major ...