The 85-member consortium has met annually since it was first launched in 2002 by then-US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/major-congo-basin-forest-conference-convenes-rwanda
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/mongabay
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/congo
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-sinks
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/redd
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation