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Brazzaville Declaration
March 31 , 2018
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- The Brazzaville declaration was singed jointly by Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Republic of Congo and Indonesia to promote better management and conservation of the world’s largest tropical Peatlands-Cuvette Centrale region in Congo Basin.
- The declaration was signed to conserve the region from unregulated land use and prevent its drainage and degradation.
- It has been signed on the side-lines of Third Partners Meeting of Global Peatlands Initiative held in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.
- They are globally important carbon store. The unregulated exploitation of peatlands can potentially be detrimental to environment and to climate, as it could release carbon emissions that have been locked in for millennia.
- Peatlands are wetlands that contain mixture of decomposed organic material, partially submerged in layer of water, lacking oxygen.
- Their high carbon content makes them uniquely vulnerable to incineration if they are drained.
- The Cuvette Centrale region in Congo Basin is world’s largest natural tropical peatlands. It stores three years equivalent of global greenhouse gas emissions.
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