A landmark biodiversity deal cliched at the Cop15 summit offers a mixed bag for nature-rich developing countries – namely the Democratic Republic of Congo – which now supports the text despite earlier protests over funding for conservation efforts.
The Congo Basin is the world's second-largest tropical rainforest after the Amazon, and the DRC – home to 60 percent of that forest – is seen to play a crucial role in the future of the planet's biodiversity.
