Can carbon trading save Africa’s largest rainforest?
The Congo Basin forest - known as the “lungs of Africa” – stretches across 6 countries
Africa Daily · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
“We don’t have clear legislation (for) the carbon market that can guarantee the rights of local communities and indigenous people.”
The Congo Basin forest is known as the “lungs of Africa” because of its ability to absorb carbon dioxide – around 1.5 billion tons each year.
It also provides food and income for indigenous and local populations in the six countries it spans.
And this week, at the COP 29 climate conference, it’s being discussed as an example of a carbon sink which can help the world prevent further global warming – and be part of global carbon credit trading. So why – with the forest in urgent need of protection from deforestation - do some activists say Carbon trading is NOT the answer?
Presenter: Alan @Kasujja Guests: Ève Bazaiba, DRC Environment Minister. Bonaventure Bondo, a forest campaigner with Greenpeace Africa.