“Environment is no one’s property to destroy, it’s everyone’s responsibility to protect.”
Mohith Agadi
With its 167 million hectares of forest representing nearly 10% of the world’s tropical forests, the DRCis the second largest tropical forest country in the world. This rate represents a major challenge for the mitigation of emission reductions. The trade-offs made by the country today in terms of the exploitation of its natural resources and the use of its land will determine its future development trajectory and will directly impact the ecosystems of the region, and even of the planet.Therefore, our Foundation attaches great importance to the protection of the environment and the conservation of biodiversity. We carry out strategic programs aimed to protect the environment directly and indirectly. Our programs, carried out by our dedicated teams, are aimed at the populations of the territories where we operate, but also through our key partners and certain local NGOs that we support.
REFORESTATION DRIVES
Abundant in nature – the DRC is home to over 50% of Africa’s tropical forests. A land rich in its natural wealth, deforestation remains to be an ongoing problem in the DRC with cases of deforestation and soil erosion, depletion of natural resources, loss of habitat, climate change, and more. The result has been an imbalance in the biodiversity of the region. The Vinmart Foundation has been actively working towards reforestation programs to restore areas that may be affected due to increasing industrial activities. The foundation has therefore devised reforestation programs with the plantation of 7000 trees in and around Lupoto and Lubumbashi in 2019 and 2020.
Currently, we are intending to plant around 4000 trees which include specific medicinal ones such as the Indian Lilac (Azadirachta indica) that wards off mosquitoes that spread malaria.
It also includes fruit trees to promote small-scale earnings while increasing its consumption, and flowering plants that add to the elegance of the area.
These tree plantation projects are aimed to restore the green cover, improve soil fertility and rectify the effects of deforestation in order to restore the natural balance in life.