Mapping
Source: PIB
Context: The Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairsis is on a visit to the Republic of Congo to represent India at the Second Summit of three basins for Biodiversity Ecosystem and Tropical Forests, taking place in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo.
Three basins are
- Congo basin: Spans across Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon.
- Amazon Basin – It extends over 9 countries in South America.
- Borneo-Mekong-Southeast Asia Basin.
These 3 global ecosystems account for 80% of the world’s tropical forests and 2/3 of the earth’s biodiversity
The Republic of the Congo (a different country from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)), also called Congo-Brazzaville, is a central African nation with rainforest reserves that are habitats for gorillas. Its capital city, Brazzaville, lies across the Congo River from Kinshasa, the capital of the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo.
