Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Children-in-Logging-Camp-27MZIFKL3P4.htmlConceptually similarVillagers Meeting in CongoGP0NW5Completed★★★★Villagers Meeting in CongoGP0CBECompleted★★★★Villagers Meeting in CongoGP017TICompleted★★★★Villagers Meeting in CongoGP01425Completed★★★★Students in School in CongoGP0SCICompleted★★★★Students in School in CongoGP0WRZCompleted★★★★Village Chief in CongoGP0PURCompleted★★★★Village School in CongoGP08IPCompleted★★★★Villagers in Logging CampGP0OUYCompleted★★★★View AllGP0NEYChildren in Logging CampChildren stand near logs in the SAFBOIS logging camp. Industrial logging is done by SAFBOIS in the rainforest surrounding many small communities including this village of Yafunga. Three years after the social responsibility contract was drawn by SAFBOIS, the construction of the school, which is in the contract, is not complete. To help lift the village out of poverty, SAFBOIS also promised to build a health clinic but its construction has not started. The World Bank and other donors view logging as a way to alleviate poverty and promote economic development. Congo has the second largest rainforest in the world, and approximately 40 million people in the DRC depend on the rainforest for their basic needs, such as medicine, food or shelter.Locations:Africa-Central Africa-Democratic Republic of the Congo-Orientale-YafungaDate:23 Mar, 2007Credit:© Greenpeace / Jiro OseMaximum size:3864px X 2776pxRestrictions:No FundraisingKeywords:Children-CITES-Commercial logging-Day-Forests (campaign title)-Illegal logging-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Logging camps-Native Africans-Outdoors-Small group of people-VillagesShoot: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