Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Woman-with-Her-Child-in-Congo-27MZIFLNDOLC.htmlConceptually similarWomen Washing Clothes in CongoGP0DBMCompleted★★★★Congolese WomenGP01B45Completed★★★★Congolese Woman BathingGP015ZFCompleted★★★★Child Hunting in CongoGP0QDGCompleted★★★★Child in Forest in CongoGP01CKSCompleted★★★★Children Swimming in CongoGP0104XCompleted★★★★Women on Road in CongoGP0JHJCompleted★★★★Villager in CongoGP015ZECompleted★★★★Family Cooking in CongoGP017TKCompleted★★★★View AllGP01426Woman with Her Child in CongoA woman stands with her child while gathering plants near the remote village of Lukolela. People in the village survive almost entirely on the products they find and grow. The World Bank and other donors view logging as a way to alleviate poverty and promote economic development. 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-LukolelaDate:17 Oct, 2006Credit:© Greenpeace / Jan-Joseph StokMaximum size:2912px X 4368pxRestrictions:NO FUNDRAISINGKeywords:Children-Day-Forests (campaign title)-Indigenous People-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Mothers-Native Africans-Outdoors-Portraits-Tropical rainforests-Two people-WomenShoot: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.
