Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Cutting-Tree-in-Congo-27MZIFXJUAB.htmlConceptually similarCutting Tree in CongoGP0IF9Completed★★★★Cutting Tree in CongoGP0131SCompleted★★★★★★Cutting Tree in CongoGP0JHHCompleted★★★★Industrial Logging Activity in the Port of MatadiGP0STR7IKCompleted★★★★Industrial Logging Activity in the Port of MatadiGP0STR7IMCompleted★★★★Tree Stump in CongoGP0TVCompleted★★★★ITB Concession in CongoGP015ZICompleted★★★★ITB Concession in CongoGP01E36Completed★★★★Worker in Sodefor Log Camp in CongoGP0VTGCompleted★★★★★★View AllGP0RUVCutting Tree in CongoA man illegally cuts down a tree that he will later sell. It only takes ten minutes to cut down trees like this one, which can be as old as 200 years. 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. Approximately 40 million people in the DRC depend on the rainforest for their basic needs, such as medicine, food or shelter.Locations:Africa-Central Africa-Democratic Republic of the Congo-LukolelaDate:17 Oct, 2006Credit:© Greenpeace / Jan-Joseph StokMaximum size:4368px X 2912pxKeywords:Chainsaws-Commercial logging-Day-Forests (campaign title)-Illegal logging-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Logging practices-Men-Native Africans-One person-Outdoors-Timber-TreesShoot: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.
