Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Students-at-School-in-Congo-27MZIFSEYAN.htmlConceptually similarStudent in School in CongoGP0Y8ZCompleted★★★★Children in Sodefor Log CampGP0MXACompleted★★★★Crying Child in Sodefor Log CampGP04MJCompleted★★★★Woman at Sodefor Log CampGP0131TCompleted★★★★Hand on Cut LogGP0LFXCompleted★★★★★★★Maternity Ward in Sodefor Log CampGP0LG0Completed★★★★Women and Children in Log CampGP05TCCompleted★★★★Children in Sodefor Log CampGP06WTCompleted★★★★★★Worker at Sodefor Log CampGP0CTYCompleted★★★★View AllGP0JZ5Students at School in CongoStudents in a school in Madjoko. They live in a Sodefor workers' camp. Logging is viewed by the World Bank and other donors 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. 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.Locations:Africa-Bandundu-Central Africa-Democratic Republic of the Congo-MadjokoDate:29 Jan, 2007Credit:© Greenpeace / Kate DavisonMaximum size:4368px X 2912pxRestrictions:No FundraisingKeywords:Children-Day-Education-Forests (campaign title)-Indigenous People-Indoors-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Native Africans-Portraits-Schools-Small group of peopleShoot: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)
