Congo Basin Forest
This is the world’s second-largest tropical rainforest and covers 145 million hectares, which is 20% of the world’s tropical forest. It plays an important role in global climate stability and biodiversity protection, including that of the endangered bonobo (human’s closest relative).
Years of war and resource exploitation through corruption and flawed law enforcement in the region has led to uncontrolled industrial logging which threatens the vitality of the rainforest.
