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Keywords
Day
Fishers
Fishing (activity)
Forests (campaign title)
Kayaks
KWCI (GPI)
Lakes
Local population
Men
Native Africans
One person
Outdoors
Tropical rainforests
Wide angle
Local Man on Lake Tumba
A local fisherman guides his boat through the waters of Lac Tumba (Lake Tumba). The lake area 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.
Unique identifier:
GP0OV0
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
24/10/2006
Locations:
Africa
,
Central Africa
,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
,
Équateur
,
Lake Tumba
Credit line:
© Greenpeace / Philip Reynaers
Size:
4992px × 3320px 13MB
Ranking:
★★★★★★ (B)
Containers
Shoot:
Democratic Republic Congo Forests Documentation 2006
The 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:
International Day of Forests 2014 (All Photographers)
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