Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Hunter-in-Congo-27MZIFPHD3O.htmlConceptually similarWoman with Baby in CongoGP0JZ3Completed★★★★Children in Logging Concession in CongoGP01HJCompleted★★★★★★Village Chief in CongoGP01E32Completed★★★★Villager in CongoGP0QDCCompleted★★★★Woman in CongoGP0APWCompleted★★★★★★Boy with Grey Parrots in CongoGP0NEZCompleted★★★★Wenge Tree in CongoGP012LCCompleted★★★★Village Chief in CongoGP092OCompleted★★★★Children at Logging ConcessionGP010NECompleted★★★★View AllGP0QW7Hunter in CongoTraditional hunter and fisherman in the forest near his village of Bossa where Sodefor has a logging concession. Sodefor is a logging company that operates in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 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. The DRC’s rainforests are critical for its inhabitants, who depend upon the rainforests to provide essential food, medicine, and other non-timber products, along with energy and building materials. Logging is viewed by the World Bank and other donors as a way to alleviate poverty and promote economic development.Locations:Africa-Bandundu-Bossa-Central Africa-Democratic Republic of the CongoDate:31 Jan, 2007Credit:© Greenpeace / Kate DavisonMaximum size:4368px X 2912pxKeywords:Day-Forests (campaign title)-Hunters-Indigenous People-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Men-Native Africans-One person-Outdoors-Portraits-WeaponsShoot:Democratic Republic Congo Forests Documentation 2007The 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.Related Collections:Democratic Republic Congo Forests Documentation 2007 (Photos & Videos)