Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Man-Holds-Social-Responsibility-Contract-27MZIFLZEYGT.htmlConceptually similarMan Operating Press in CongoGP07YVCompleted★★★★Village Chief in CongoGP0JZ4Completed★★★★Village Chief in CongoGP01427Completed★★★★Woman in CongoGP01DL9Completed★★★★Woman in CongoGP0114NCompleted★★★★Villagers in CongoGP0PCVCompleted★★★★Children in CongoGP0PCUCompleted★★★★Woman in CongoGP016FYCompleted★★★★Woman with Baby in CongoGP01D2YCompleted★★★★View AllGP015H5Man Holds Social Responsibility ContractA local landowner and his wife, holding up a "Social Responsibility Contract" that he has signed with a foreign logging company. The landowner neither reads nor speaks French, the language of the contract. Industrial logging companies use social responsibility contracts to gain access to land, promising local development and offering goods such as a bag of salt or a crate of beer. 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 2912pxKeywords:Day-Documents-Forests (campaign title)-Indigenous People-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Men-Native Africans-Outdoors-Two people-Wives-WomenShoot: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)