Aug 22, 2011. /Lesprom Network/. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has adopted the technology developed by the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE), for a satellite-based forest monitoring system. The goal of the government of the DRC is to use the results monitoring to design and implement national forest policies, ITTO reported. DRC has the second largest tropical forest resource in the world, after Brazil. The operation and utilization of the Brazilian satellite monitoring system has been promoted in several countries but the DRC is the first country to adopt the Brazilian technology. INPE is training technicians from various parts of the world and training courses are planned for representatives from the Congo Basin countries, Latin America and Asia. The system for monitoring the forests in the DRC should be launched at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in South Africa at the end of this year.