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The Democratic Republic of the Congo accounts for 62% of the Congo Basin which is the second largest rainforest in the world. The Congo basin is often referred to as the second lung of the world with the Amazon being the first. However, the Congo Basin sequesters more carbon than both the Amazon and Borneo. It is also home to the largest tropical peatlands, which makes up 4% of the Congo rainforest, and stores the equivalent of 20 years of the United States’ carbon emissions from the burning of fossil fuels.
The Congo basin is a global patrimony which is vital to the entire planet. The primary people relied upon to protect and preserve the Congo Basin is its Indigenous inhabitants. However, they are often silenced and sidelined. This forum will highlight and amplify the voices of Indigenous communities in the Congo Basin and share concrete ways in which climate justice advocates and people throughout the globe can be in solidarity with Congo's frontline forest defenders.