Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Woman-in-Abandoned-Log-Camp-27MZIFLYU4Z.htmlConceptually similarWoman at Abandoned Log CampGP06WUCompleted★★★★★★Woman at Abandoned Log Camp in CongoGP03DTCompleted★★★★Villagers at Abandoned Log CampGP07G9Completed★★★★Woman at Abandoned Log CampGP0UT1Completed★★★★Men Going Hunting in CongoGP01E33Completed★★★★Man at Abandoned Log CampGP01G2QCompleted★★★★Abandoned Log Camp in CongoGP0CBFCompleted★★★★Abandoned Log Camp in CongoGP0KZ6Completed★★★★Woman at Sodefor Log CampGP0131TCompleted★★★★View AllGP01HIWoman in Abandoned Log CampPortrait of an old woman smiling. She lives in an abandoned Sodefor logging workers’ camp at Nteno, 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. 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-NtenoDate:30 Jan, 2007Credit:© Greenpeace / Kate DavisonMaximum size:2912px X 4368pxKeywords:Day-Elderly-Eye contact-Forests (campaign title)-Happiness-Indigenous People-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Native Africans-One person-Outdoors-Portraits-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)
