Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Child-in-Congo-27MZIF3O3O3.htmlConceptually similarChild Hunting in CongoGP0QDGCompleted★★★★Child in Forest in CongoGP01CKSCompleted★★★★Child in NkweteGP01F3HCompleted★★★★Child in NkweteGP06WVCompleted★★★★Forest Documentation in CameroonGP06DGCompleted★★★★★★Children in CongoGP0VBUCompleted★★★★Children in RainforestGP05TFCompleted★★★★Villagers in NkweteGP016G2Completed★★★★Woman in NkweteGP09M3Completed★★★★View AllGP057FChild in CongoPortrait of a child from a forest dependant community holding a larger knife. Several children stand behind him. Approximately 40 million people in the DRC depend on the rainforest for their basic needs, such as medicine, food or shelter. The World Bank and other donors view logging as a way to alleviate poverty and promote economic development. Expansion of logging into remaining areas of intact forests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo will destroy globally critical carbon reserves and impact biodiversity. Beyond environmental impacts, logging in the region exacerbates poverty and leads to social conflicts.Locations:Africa-Central Africa-Democratic Republic of the Congo-Équateur-NkweteDate:20 Oct, 2006Credit:© Greenpeace / Philip ReynaersMaximum size:3320px X 4992pxRestrictions:NO FUNDRAISINGKeywords:Children-Day-Eye contact-Forests (campaign title)-Indigenous People-Knives-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Machetes-Native Africans-Outdoors-Portraits-Three peopleShoot:Democratic Republic Congo Forests Documentation 2006The second largest rainforest in the world sits in the Congo basin of Africa. About half of this forest, still largely intact, lies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and supports more species of birds and mammals than any other African region. The rainforests are also critical for its human inhabitants, who depend upon the rainforests to provide essential food, medicine, and other non-timber products, along with energy and building materials. The World Bank and other donors view logging as a way to alleviate poverty and promote economic development. In reality, expansion of logging into remaining areas of intact forests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo will destroy globally critical carbon reserves and impact biodiversity. Beyond environmental impacts, logging in the region exacerbates poverty and leads to social conflicts.
