Congo
Do you associate the Congo in Africa with war, poverty, human displacement, corruption, and conflict minerals? You’re not wrong, but you’re missing something big. The Congo Basin rainforest, like the Amazon, is one of the world’s lungs, absorbing 600 million tons of CO2 a year (a third of US transportation emissions). The forest has given sanctuary to humans for 50,000 years and today 75 million people depend on it for survival, as do 10,000 species of plant, 1,000 species of birds, 700 species of fish and 400 species of mammals. And like the Amazon, it needs protection and restoration.
— Wayne Visser
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