Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Locals-Travel-on-a-Log-Barge-in-Congo-27MZIFL5NNBB.htmlConceptually similarLocals Travel on a Log Barge in CongoGP016XWCompleted★★★★Traveller's Boat in CongoGP01E31Completed★★★★Traveller's Boat in CongoGP01D2XCompleted★★★★Traveller's Boat in CongoGP0GVYCompleted★★★★Traveller's Boat in CongoGP01CKQCompleted★★★★River Lukenie in CongoGP0UAUCompleted★★★★★★★River Lukenie in CongoGP0EVTCompleted★★★★Traveller's Boat in CongoGP0IY3Completed★★★★Traveller's Boat in CongoGP0QDBCompleted★★★★View AllGP01F3CLocals Travel on a Log Barge in CongoA log barge travels down the Lukenie River to Kinshasa. Many people use the barges to travel to the city with goods to sell in markets. 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-Democratic Republic of the CongoDate:1 Feb, 2007Credit:© Greenpeace / Kate DavisonMaximum size:4317px X 2842pxKeywords:Barges-Boats-Cargo ships-Day-Forests (campaign title)-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Medium group of people-Native Africans-Outdoors-Rivers-TimberShoot: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)