Meeting in Kinshasa calls for action to protect Congo Basin forests

STORY: Meeting in Kinshasa calls for action to protect Congo Basin forests SHOOTING DATE: June 5, 2024 DATELINE: June 7, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:42 LOCATION: Kinshasa CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the 20th meeting of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) SOUNDBITE (French): EVE BAZAIBA, DRC Minister of Environment and Nature Conservation STORYLINE: The 20th meeting of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) concluded late Wednesday in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with the participants calling for preserving and developing Central Africa's forest ecosystems. The Congo Basin, spanning about 3.7 million square kilometers, is the world's second-largest rainforest after the Amazon. SOUNDBITE (French): EVE BAZAIBA, DRC Minister of the Environment and Nature Conservation "The Congo Basin, this lung of humanity, is facing degradation, desertification, and drought these days. Therefore, we must invest in concrete solutions." According to the World Wide Fun