Permalink: https://www.media.greenpeace.org/archive/Logs-to-be-Exported-in-Congo-27MZIFDSTIU.htmlConceptually similarLogs to be Exported in CongoGP0104VCompleted★★★★Hand on Cut LogGP0LFXCompleted★★★★★★★Worker in Sodefor Log Camp in CongoGP0VTGCompleted★★★★★★Worker in Sodefor Log Camp in CongoGP0ED7Completed★★★★★★★Worker at Sodefor Log CampGP0CTYCompleted★★★★Children in Sodefor Log CampGP06WTCompleted★★★★★★ITB Concession in CongoGP08ITCompleted★★★★Worker at Sodefor Log CampGP0LFYCompleted★★★★ITB Concession in CongoGP01E36Completed★★★★View AllGP0XQOLogs to be Exported in CongoLogs in the port area at Kinshasa, ready for export. Twenty-one million hectares of rainforest are currently allocated to the logging industry. Most of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's timber is exported to Europe, with France and Belgium currently the largest importers. 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:Central Africa-Democratic Republic of the Congo-KinshasaDate:22 Jan, 2007Credit:© Greenpeace / Kate DavisonMaximum size:3504px X 2336pxKeywords:Commercial logging-Day-Forests (campaign title)-KWCI (GPI)-Logging camps-Men-One person-Outdoors-Timber-TransportationShoot: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)Siforco's Crimes on a Forest Community in DRC (All Photographers)Carving up the Congo (Photo & Videos)