Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Woman-Preparing-Food-in-Congo-27MZIFLYMA0.htmlConceptually similarVillagers in BolumboGP01CKOCompleted★★★★Woman Makes Baskets in CongoGP019LRCompleted★★★★Woman Cleaning VegetablesGP0XQLCompleted★★★★Family Cooking in CongoGP017TKCompleted★★★★Woman Gathering VegetablesGP0NW6Completed★★★★Family Cooking in CongoGP0GW0Completed★★★★Family Cooking in CongoGP01EM6Completed★★★★Family Cooking in CongoGP016G0Completed★★★★Family Cooking in CongoGP01B47Completed★★★★View AllGP01HGWoman Preparing Food in CongoA woman prepares traditional food. People in the 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. 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:Cooking-Day-Eye contact-Food-Forests (campaign title)-Indigenous People-Indoors-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Native Africans-One person-WomenShoot: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.
