Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Boy-Rowing-Boat-in-Congo-27MZIFX65J9.htmlConceptually similarBoy Playing in CongoGP0A5GCompleted★★★★Children Playing in CongoGP01GKFCompleted★★★★Boy Bathing in CongoGP0MX9Completed★★★★Fishermen in Early Morning in CongoGP0LFUCompleted★★★★★★Young Boy Fishing in the CongoGP019CECompleted★★★★★★Fishermen in Early MorningGP0QW4Completed★★★★★★★Children of Logger in CongoGP0OUZCompleted★★★★★★Fishermen in CongoGP0KGLCompleted★★★★View from Boat in CongoGP017TJCompleted★★★★View AllGP0RD8Boy Rowing Boat in CongoCongolese boy makes his way home on Congo River near the village of Isangi. Isangi is the hub of small communities in the surrounding rainforest where logging is done by SAFBOIS. 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. 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.Locations:Africa-Central Africa-Congo River-Democratic Republic of the Congo-Isangi-OrientaleDate:22 Mar, 2007Credit:© Greenpeace / Jiro OseMaximum size:4002px X 2739pxKeywords:Boys-Children-Day-Forests (campaign title)-Indigenous People-Kayaks-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Native Africans-One person-Outdoors-Rivers-Tropical rainforestsShoot: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