๐’๐€๐•๐„ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„ | ๐Ÿ๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  โ€” ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ 14-16, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” | ๐๐ซ๐š๐ณ๐ณ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž, ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ

AFSA is proud to announce the 2nd Congo Basin Convening: Securing the Heart of Africa โ€” People, Nature, Food and Climate Resilience. Building on the landmark 2023 Kinshasa Summit, this convening will bring together civil society, farmer organisations, Indigenous Peoples and local communities, governments, researchers, and partners from across the six Congo Basin countries and beyond to advance agroecology, food sovereignty, biodiversity conservation, and climate justice in one of the world's most vital ecosystems.

Mark your calendars and spread the word! This is a defining moment to review progress since Kinshasa, strengthen regional coordination, and adopt a concrete Brazzaville 2026 Declaration and action roadmap. Together, we are securing the heart of Africa. ๐ŸŒ

#CongoBasin #FoodSovereignty #Agroecology #ClimateJustice #Biodiversity

๐ŸŒฟ ๐‘๐„ฬ๐’๐„๐‘๐•๐„๐™ ๐‹๐€ ๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„ | ๐Ÿ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐žฬ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐๐ฎ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ - 14-16, ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” | ๐๐ซ๐š๐ณ๐ณ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž, ๐‘๐žฬ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ž ๐๐ฎ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ

L'AFSA est fiรจre d'annoncer la 2e Confรฉrence du Bassin du Congo : Sรฉcuriser le cล“ur de l'Afrique โ€” Peuples, nature, l'alimentation et rรฉsilience climatique. S'appuyant sur le Sommet historique de Kinshasa en 2023, cette confรฉrence rรฉunira la sociรฉtรฉ civile, les organisations paysannes, les peuples autochtones et les communautรฉs locales, les gouvernements, les chercheurs et les partenaires des six pays du Bassin du Congo pour faire avancer l'agroรฉcologie, la souverainetรฉ alimentaire, la conservation de la biodiversitรฉ et la justice climatique dans l'un des รฉcosystรจmes les plus vitaux au monde.

Marquez vos agendas et faites passer le mot ! C'est un moment dรฉcisif pour รฉvaluer les progrรจs rรฉalisรฉs depuis Kinshasa, renforcer la coordination rรฉgionale et adopter une Dรฉclaration de Brazzaville 2026 et une feuille de route concrรจte. Ensemble, nous sรฉcurisons le cล“ur de l'Afrique. ๐ŸŒ

#BassindDuCongo #SouverainetรฉAlimentaire #Agroรฉcologie #JusticeClimatique #Biodiversitรฉ

๐ŸŒฟ ๐’๐€๐•๐„ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„ | ๐Ÿ๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  โ€” ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿโ€“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” | ๐๐ซ๐š๐ณ๐ณ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž, ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ

AFSA is proud to announce the 2nd Congo Basin Convening: Securing the Heart of Africa โ€” People, Nature, Food and Climate Resilience. Building on the landmark 2023 Kinshasa Summit, this convening will bring together civil society, farmer organisations, Indigenous Peoples and local communities, governments, researchers, and partners from across the six Congo Basin countries and beyond to advance agroecology, food sovereignty, biodiversity conservation, and climate justice in one of the world's most vital ecosystems.

Mark your calendars and spread the word! This is a defining moment to review progress since Kinshasa, strengthen regional coordination, and adopt a concrete Brazzaville 2026 Declaration and action roadmap. Together, we are securing the heart of Africa.
#CongoBasin #FoodSovereignty #Agroecology #ClimateJustice #Biodiversity #AFSA

๐ŸŒฟ ๐‘๐„ฬ๐’๐„๐‘๐•๐„๐™ ๐‹๐€ ๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„ | ๐Ÿ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐žฬ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐๐ฎ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ โ€” ๐Ÿ๐Ÿโ€“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” | ๐๐ซ๐š๐ณ๐ณ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž, ๐‘๐žฬ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ž ๐๐ฎ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ

L'AFSA est fiรจre d'annoncer la 2e Confรฉrence du Bassin du Congo : Sรฉcuriser le cล“ur de l'Afrique โ€” Peuples, nature, l'alimentation et rรฉsilience climatique. S'appuyant sur le Sommet historique de Kinshasa en 2023, cette confรฉrence rรฉunira la sociรฉtรฉ civile, les organisations paysannes, les peuples autochtones et les communautรฉs locales, les gouvernements, les chercheurs et les partenaires des six pays du Bassin du Congo pour faire avancer l'agroรฉcologie, la souverainetรฉ alimentaire, la conservation de la biodiversitรฉ et la justice climatique dans l'un des รฉcosystรจmes les plus vitaux au monde.

Marquez vos agendas et faites passer le mot ! C'est un moment dรฉcisif pour รฉvaluer les progrรจs rรฉalisรฉs depuis Kinshasa, renforcer la coordination rรฉgionale et adopter une Dรฉclaration de Brazzaville 2026 et une feuille de route concrรจte. Ensemble, nous sรฉcurisons le cล“ur de l'Afrique. ๐ŸŒ
#BassindDuCongo #SouverainetรฉAlimentaire #Agroรฉcologie #JusticeClimatique #Biodiversitรฉ #AFSA

๐’๐€๐•๐„ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„ | ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’โ€“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” | ๐๐ซ๐š๐ณ๐ณ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž, ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ

The Congo Basin is calling. The 2nd Congo Basin Summit is coming to Brazzaville, building on the landmark first Summit held in Kinshasa in 2023, which united farmers, Indigenous Peoples, civil society, researchers, and governments around a shared vision for the region's food and ecological future. This second edition takes the movement further โ€” bringing together communities, policymakers, and partners to advance agroecology, food sovereignty, biodiversity conservation, and climate justice across the six Congo Basin countries, and to hold each other accountable to the commitments made in Kinshasa.

Three years on from Kinshasa, the Congo Basin faces the same interlocking crises โ€” deforestation, land grabbing, weak policy support for community-led solutions, and the continued marginalisation of Indigenous Peoples, women, and youth โ€” but the movement is stronger. In Brazzaville, we will review progress, strengthen regional coordination, mobilise political and financial support, and agree on a concrete Brazzaville 2026 Declaration and Action Roadmap to scale agroecological transitions and inclusive conservation across the basin. Organized by AFSA and partners.
#Agroecology #CongoBasin #FoodSovereignty #ClimateJustice #Biodiversity

๐‘๐„ฬ๐’๐„๐‘๐•๐„๐™ ๐‹๐€ ๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„ | ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’โ€“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐‰๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” | ๐๐ซ๐š๐ณ๐ณ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž, ๐‘๐žฬ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ž ๐๐ฎ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ

Le Bassin du Congo nous appelle. Le 2รจme Sommet du Bassin du Congo se tiendra ร  Brazzaville, en s'appuyant sur le premier Sommet historique tenu ร  Kinshasa en 2023, qui a rรฉuni agriculteurs, Peuples Autochtones, sociรฉtรฉ civile, chercheurs et gouvernements autour d'une vision commune pour l'avenir alimentaire et รฉcologique de la rรฉgion. Cette deuxiรจme รฉdition pousse le mouvement plus loin โ€” en rassemblant communautรฉs, dรฉcideurs politiques et partenaires pour faire avancer l'agroรฉcologie, la souverainetรฉ alimentaire, la conservation de la biodiversitรฉ et la justice climatique dans les six pays du Bassin du Congo, et pour se tenir mutuellement responsables des engagements pris ร  Kinshasa.

Trois ans aprรจs Kinshasa, le Bassin du Congo fait face aux mรชmes crises imbriquรฉes โ€” dรฉforestation, accaparement des terres, faible soutien politique aux solutions portรฉes par les communautรฉs, et marginalisation persistante des Peuples Autochtones, des femmes et des jeunes โ€” mais le mouvement est plus fort. ร€ Brazzaville, nous ferons le bilan des progrรจs accomplis, renforcerons la coordination rรฉgionale, mobiliserons un soutien politique et financier, et conviendrons d'une Dรฉclaration de Brazzaville 2026 et d'une Feuille de Route concrรจte pour accรฉlรฉrer les transitions agroรฉcologiques et une conservation inclusive dans tout le bassin. Organisรฉ par l'AFSA et ses partenaires.
#Agroรฉcologie #BassindDuCongo #SouverainetรฉAlimentaire #JusticeClimatique #Biodiversitรฉ

Africa: Congo Basin Countries Forge Strategic Path to Carbon Markets With Roadmaps to Monetize Forest Wealth: [World Bank] Washington -- Six countries of the Congo Basin--Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Republic of Congo--are working to take bold steps to unlock results-based payments and climate finance. The newly launchedโ€ฆ http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TR7GrV #CarbonMarkets #ClimateFinance #CongoBasin #ForestWealth #SustainableDevelopment
Cameroonโ€™s forests are shrinking. Citizens question authorities as illicit timber trafficking fuels Congo Basin deforestation. ๐ŸŒ #Cameroon #CongoBasin #deforestation
Cameroonโ€™s forests are shrinking. Citizens question authorities as illicit timber trafficking fuels Congo Basin deforestation. ๐ŸŒ #Cameroon #CongoBasin #Deforestation
https://newz.africa/2026/02/16/cameroon-congo-basin-deforestation-2026/?fsp_sid=1443

To fix the climate, simply empower #Indigenous people

by Kiki Taufik, 10 Nov 2025

"Climate change is the defining issue of our age. While nations search for complex technological solutions at this yearโ€™s high-stakes climate meeting in the Amazon city of #Belรฉm, a simpler yet powerful answer has been waiting in the wings. I saw it firsthand in the forests of #WestPapuaโ€™s Birdโ€™s Head Peninsula in the company of #IndigenousYouth from the Amazon, the #CongoBasin, and #Borneo.

"They showed me a truth that the world has been overlooking: one of the most effective climate solutions lies in empowering Indigenous people.

"In this way, we can prevent an immense amount of carbon emissions from #deforestation and preserve priceless #biodiversity and all the benefits we reap from it. Itโ€™s a strategy that more than pays for itself."

https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/to-fix-the-climate-simply-empower-indigenous-people-commentary/

#SolarPunkSunday #MongaBay #SiraDeclaration #ClimateChange #UNDRIP #FPIC #AmazonRiverBasin #IndigenousPeople #IndigenousSolutions #TraditionalIndigenousKnowledge

To fix the climate, simply empower Indigenous people (commentary)

Climate change is the defining issue of our age. While nations search for complex technological solutions at this yearโ€™s high-stakes climate meeting in the Amazon city of Belรฉm, a simpler yet powerful answer has been waiting in the wings. I saw it firsthand in the forests of West Papuaโ€™s Birdโ€™s Head Peninsula in the company [โ€ฆ]

Mongabay Environmental News
Congo Basin communities bear the costs of industrial expansion

Governments and investors are seeking minerals, timber and oil in the Congo Basin to fuel the global economy and the green transition. However, communities that have lived in the worldโ€™s second-largest rainforest for generations are paying the highest price for extraction, according to a new report published ahead of the upcoming United Nations Climate Change [โ€ฆ]

Mongabay Environmental News

๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ Please share before #COP30 tomorrow.

โค๏ธ Indigenous youth are rising: Across #TropicalForests , a new generation speaks with a unified voice: ๐ŸŒŽ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/79351/indigenous-youth-rising-tropical-forests-generation-speaks-unified-voice

#forest #RespectTheAmazon #rainforest
#Amazon #Borneo #CongoBasin #Papua
#ClimateChange

Indigenous youth are rising: Across tropical forests, a new generation speaks with a unified voice - Greenpeace International

Deep within the forest of Sira Village, West Papua, nearly 100 young Indigenous Leaders gathered for a Forest Defenders Camp.

Greenpeace International
Africa: If Threatened and Ignored Congo Basin Rainforests Vanish, 'Africa Is Not Viable': [Daily Maverick] Conservationists are trying to pull the Congo Basin's plight out of the shadows and into the light of scientific research. Conservationist Lee White says it is Africa's beating heart and without its rainforests the continent will be in big trouble. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TNy0S2 #CongoBasin #RainforestConservation #SaveAfrica #ClimateAction #Biodiversity