The countries that share the world's second largest tropical rainforest have decided to come together and face up to the challenges posed by economic globalisation. Decision makers and nature conservation specialists from six of the nine ecosystems of Central Africa have decided to draw up a common legal framework to protect the ecosystems of Central Africa's dense, tropical rainforest. Their decision came at the first Conference on the Ecosystems of Dense Tropical Rainforests of Central Africa (CEFDHAC), held in Brazzaville.