Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Children-Playing-in-Congo-River-27MZIFKE1ZQ.htmlConceptually similarChildren Playing in Congo RiverGP0STLCompleted★★★★Children Playing in Congo RiverGP015ZHCompleted★★★★★★Maternity Ward in Health Center in CongoGP024BCompleted★★★★★★Maternity Ward in Health CenterGP01BLECompleted★★★★Maternity Ward in Health CenterGP0LXVCompleted★★★★Maternity Ward in Health CenterGP0RUWCompleted★★★★Maternity Ward in Health CenterGP0UT2Completed★★★★Sick Woman in Health CenterGP0CTXCompleted★★★★Maternity Ward in Health CenterGP0UATCompleted★★★★View AllGP0NW7Children Playing in Congo RiverChildren jumping and playing in water. 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-Central Africa-Democratic Republic of the Congo-ToloDate:28 Jan, 2007Credit:© Greenpeace / Kate DavisonMaximum size:4368px X 2912pxRestrictions:No FundraisingKeywords:Children-Day-Forests (campaign title)-Fun-Indigenous People-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Native Africans-Outdoors-Playing (activity)-Recreation-Rivers-Small group of people-SwimmingShoot: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)