The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is soon to be legally recognized.
For the first time in history the rights of indigenous groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will be recognized under landmark legislation.
Communities have lived scattered throughout the dense, tropical canopies of the world’s second-largest rainforest, and along the banks of the River Congo, for the past 50,000 years.
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