Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Sodefor-Concession-in-Congo-27MZIF4P3LK.htmlConceptually similarSodefor Workers in Logging ConcessionGP07YWCompleted★★★★Sodefor Workers in Logging ConcessionGP01AM0Completed★★★★Sodefor Workers in Logging ConcessionGP0UASCompleted★★★★Children at Logging ConcessionGP010NECompleted★★★★Wenge Tree in CongoGP012LCCompleted★★★★Abandoned Log Camp in CongoGP0CBFCompleted★★★★Abandoned Log Camp in CongoGP0KZ6Completed★★★★Villager in CongoGP0QDCCompleted★★★★Children in Logging Concession in CongoGP01HJCompleted★★★★★★View AllGP0VBQSodefor Concession in CongoWorkers use machinery to stack logs in a Sodefor logging concession in the village of Bossa. Sodefor is a logging company that operates 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-Bossa-Central Africa-Democratic Republic of the CongoDate:31 Jan, 2007Credit:© Greenpeace / Kate DavisonMaximum size:4368px X 2912pxKeywords:Day-Deforestation-Forests (campaign title)-KWCI (GPI)-Logging camps-Machinery-Outdoors-Timber industry-TreesShoot: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)Carving up the Congo (Photo & Videos)