The Republic of Congo hosted the Founding Summit of the Amazon – Congo – Borneo – Mekong – Southeast Asia, “Summit of the Three Basins, Biodiversity Ecosystems, and Tropical Forests (S3B EBFT)“, in October 2023 in Brazzaville.
- The regions of the three Basins account for two thirds of the planet’s biodiversity. As such, their environmental protection is essential for the successful implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
- These tropical forests also serve an important purpose as carbon sinks, which makes them an important asset in the fight against climate change.
- The purpose of the Summit was 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.
