Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Villagers-in-Bolumbo-27MZIFLLWIHS.htmlConceptually similarWoman Makes Baskets in CongoGP019LRCompleted★★★★Woman Preparing Food in CongoGP01HGCompleted★★★★Family Eating Together in CongoGP014IUCompleted★★★★Congolese WomenGP01B45Completed★★★★Villager in CongoGP015ZECompleted★★★★Monkey for Sale in CongoGP01F3ACompleted★★★★Children Swimming in CongoGP0TUCompleted★★★★★★Children Swimming in CongoGP03DVCompleted★★★★Children Swimming in CongoGP0AQ1Completed★★★★View AllGP01CKOVillagers in BolumboLocal people in a small village near the river, called Bolumbo. People in the remote village survive almost entirely on the products they find and grow. 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-Bolumbo-Central Africa-Democratic Republic of the CongoDate:13 Oct, 2006Credit:© Greenpeace / Jan-Joseph StokMaximum size:4368px X 2912pxKeywords:Day-Forests (campaign title)-Indigenous People-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Native Africans-Outdoors-Small group of people-VillagesShoot: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.
