Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Mangabey-in-Congo-27MZIFRN7SI.htmlConceptually similarMarket in CongoGP0DVHCompleted★★★★Caiman on Market in CongoGP01DLACompleted★★★★Leopard Skin in CongoGP0HDACompleted★★★★Child Drinking in CongoGP0XQRCompleted★★★★Environmental Protection Office in CongoGP012LFCompleted★★★★Starting Fire for CookingGP013JUCompleted★★★★Environmental Protection Office in CongoGP0MXCCompleted★★★★Child Hunting in CongoGP0QDGCompleted★★★★Man Catching Tortoise in CongoGP0ED8Completed★★★★View AllGP08IUMangabey in CongoMangabey, a primate, is for sale as a pet in a market. 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-Central Africa-Democratic Republic of the Congo-Équateur-MbandakaDate:18 Oct, 2006Credit:© Greenpeace / Philip ReynaersMaximum size:4173px X 2783pxKeywords:Day-Forests (campaign title)-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Low angle view-Mangabeys-Markets-Native Africans-Outdoors-Pets-Small group of 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.
