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Keywords
Animals
Antelope
Bushmeat
Cooking
Death
Evening
Food
Forests (campaign title)
Hunting (activity)
Indigenous People
Indoors
KWCI (GPI)
Leaves
Local population
Men
Native Africans
Two people
Antelope for Dinner in Sitatunga
A Sitatunga, or Swamp Antelope, is prepared for dinner by men in a forest dependant community. Approximately 40 million people in the DRC depend on the rainforest for their basic needs, such as medicine, food or shelter. 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.
Unique identifier:
GP0GW1
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
20/10/2006
Locations:
Africa
,
Bikoro
,
Central Africa
,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
,
Équateur
Credit line:
© Greenpeace / Philip Reynaers
Ranking:
★★★★ (E)
Containers
Shoot:
Democratic Republic Congo Forests Documentation 2006
The 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.
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