La création de la plus grande réserve de forêt tropicale de la planète comme instrument de paix et de développement

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is proposing the Kivu-Kinshasa Green Corridor, which will cover 540,000 square kilometers to create the world's largest protected area. This initiative aims to leverage the Congo Basin—the world's largest tropical forest carbon sink—to drive sustainable development and peace. By scaling a model pioneered by the Virunga Alliance, which uses renewable energy to create jobs and provide alternatives to armed militia membership, the DRC seeks to transition from a 'resource curse' to a green economy powered by the Congo River's hydroelectric potential.

• The Congo Basin is the world's largest tropical forest carbon sink and the only major tropical forest that still absorbs more CO2 than it emits. It spans six countries, with 60% of its forest located in the DRC, sequestering 1.5 billion tonnes of CO2 annually and storing 29 billion tonnes of carbon in peatlands, equivalent to roughly three years of global greenhouse gas emissions.
• The Virunga Alliance has implemented a transformative economic model in eastern DRC using renewable energy from Virunga National Park to create over 21,000 jobs in the last five years. Notably, 11% of these positions were filled by former members of armed militias, providing an alternative livelihood to support peace.
• The DRC plans to scale this model nationwide through the Kivu-Kinshasa Green Corridor, covering 540,000 square kilometers, including 108,000 square kilometers of intact tropical forest. This project aims to establish the world's largest protected area, featuring economic centers based on sustainable agriculture and renewable energy from the Congo River's hydroelectric potential.
• Despite its natural wealth, the DRC suffers from a 'resource curse' where foreign exploitation of minerals and illegal trafficking by armed groups have fueled instability. This has left 77 million people without electricity and nearly 75% of the population living on less than 2.15 dollars per day.

APA

Tshisekedi, & Schwab, K. (2025). La création de la plus grande réserve de forêt tropicale de la planète comme instrument de paix et de développement. World Economic Forum. https://reports.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Op-ed_DRC_FR_2025.pdf

Chicago

Tshisekedi, and Klaus Schwab. La création de la plus grande réserve de forêt tropicale de la planète comme instrument de paix et de développement. World Economic Forum, 2025. https://reports.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Op-ed_DRC_FR_2025.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{tshisekedi2025cration, author = {Tshisekedi and Schwab, Klaus}, title = {{La création de la plus grande réserve de forêt tropicale de la planète comme instrument de paix et de développement}}, publisher = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2025}, month = jan, url = {https://reports.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Op-ed_DRC_FR_2025.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }