Q. One of the following regions has the world’s largest tropical peatland, which holds about three years’ worth of global carbon emissions from fossil fuel; and the possible destruction of which can exert detrimental effects on the global climate. Which one of the following denotes the region?
Answer: A
Notes:
Exp) Option b is the correct answer.
Option b is the correct. The Congo Basin is home to the world’s largest tropical peatlands. The peat swamp forest of the Congo Basin stores around 29 billion tons of carbon – approximately equivalent to three years’ worth of global greenhouse gas emissions – while the Basin as a whole absorbs nearly 1.5 billion tons of carbon dioxide a year . The Basin stretches across six countries- Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. The Congo Basin is one of the world’s last regions that absorbs more carbon than it emits. Its possible destruction can have detrimental effect on the global climate .
