Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Fishing-on-Lac-Tumba-27MZIFJPH9C.htmlConceptually similarLocal Man on Lake TumbaGP0417Completed★★★★Catching Fish in Lake TumbaGP0KGMCompleted★★★★Local Man on Lake TumbaGP0OV0Completed★★★★★★Local Man on Lake TumbaGP0QDECompleted★★★★Man Building Dam in CongoGP01EM5Completed★★★★Fisherman in CongoGP0VBRCompleted★★★★Lake Tumba in CongoGP01F3GCompleted★★★★Lake Tumba in CongoGP0AQ0Completed★★★★Lake Tumba in CongoGP013JSCompleted★★★★View AllGP06WWFishing on Lac TumbaTwo boys fish in Lake Tumba (Lac Tumba) at sunset. The lake was identified by the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) as a priority region for conservation. 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-Bikoro-Central Africa-Democratic Republic of the Congo-ÉquateurDate:20 Oct, 2006Credit:© Greenpeace / Philip ReynaersMaximum size:4992px X 3320pxKeywords:Children-Evening-Fishers-Fishing (activity)-Fishing poles-Forests (campaign title)-Full length-Indigenous People-KWCI (GPI)-Lakes-Local population-Native Africans-Outdoors-Pole and line fishing-Sunsets-Two peopleShoot: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.
