Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Women-Washing-Clothes-in-Congo-27MZIF9560K.htmlConceptually similarWoman with Her Child in CongoGP01426Completed★★★★Woman Makes Baskets in CongoGP019LRCompleted★★★★Congolese WomenGP01B45Completed★★★★Villager in CongoGP015ZECompleted★★★★Villagers in BolumboGP01CKOCompleted★★★★Congolese Woman BathingGP015ZFCompleted★★★★Maternity Ward in Health CenterGP0RUWCompleted★★★★Maternity Ward in Health CenterGP0UT2Completed★★★★Woman in Abandoned Log CampGP01HICompleted★★★★View AllGP0DBMWomen Washing Clothes in CongoWomen wash clothes in the river, in the small 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 4368pxKeywords:Cleaning-Day-Eye contact-Forests (campaign title)-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Native Africans-Outdoors-Portraits-Rivers-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.
