Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/River-Lukenie-in-Congo-27MZIFOXJN7.htmlConceptually similarRiver Lukenie in CongoGP0EVTCompleted★★★★Forests in CongoGP0LFZCompleted★★★★★★Deforestation in CongoGP02RRCompleted★★★★Wenge Tree in CongoGP012LCCompleted★★★★Medical Equipment in Health CenterGP0PUTCompleted★★★★School in CongoGP0QDDCompleted★★★★Medical Equipment in Health CenterGP0WS0Completed★★★★Woman in Abandoned Log CampGP01HICompleted★★★★Woman at Abandoned Log CampGP06WUCompleted★★★★★★View AllGP0UAURiver Lukenie in CongoA scene on the River Lukenie in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 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. 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.Locations:Africa-Bandundu-Central Africa-Democratic Republic of the Congo-River LukenieDate:30 Jan, 2007Credit:© Greenpeace / Kate DavisonMaximum size:3200px X 2150pxKeywords:Beauty-Day-Forests (campaign title)-Green-KWCI (GPI)-Nature-Outdoors-Rivers-Trees-Tropical rainforestsShoot: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:Forest Beauty and Destruction Photos and VideosDemocratic Republic Congo Forests Documentation 2007 (Photos & Videos)