News | Rainforest
| Claims that threat to Congo Basin forest is waning are misleading | |
Global Witness - July 22, 2013 | |
 | Claims that the deforestation threat to the Congo Basin is diminishing are seriously misleading, says Global Witness. A new study published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society states that deforestation has slowed as “controlled timber management” schemes have taken effect and agricultural expansion into forests has slowed. |
| Deforestation Slows in Congo Basin | |
VOA News - July 22, 2013 | |
 | Tree loss in the Congo Basin rainforest is slowing down, according to a new study published Monday. The Congo Basin rainforest is the world's second largest, after the Amazon, and scientists say the study is good news for the global environment. |
| Widespread abuse of logging permits opens up Congo's forests to more destruction | |
Global Witness - October 25, 2012 | |
| Industrial logging companies and officials are systematically abusing community logging permits in order to bypass the Democratic Republic of Congo’s freeze on new logging concessions, says a new report by Global Witness. |
| DR Congo, IMF to Co-Host Conference on the Management of Natural Resources | |
International Monetary Fund - March 13, 2012 | |
| DR Congo and the IMF will co-host a high-level conference on the “Management of Natural Resources in Sub-Saharan Africa”, on March 21-22, 2012 in Kinshasa. The event will bring together policy makers, stakeholders, academics, and civil society from around the world. |
| African Rainforests Continue to Face Challenges | |
VOA News - January 6, 2012 | |
| The African continent contains about 30 percent of the world’s global rainforests, second only to the Amazon. Scientists and conservationists met at Oxford University to discuss changes the forests are expected to undergo in the 21st Century. Africa’s tropical forests face challenges from deforestation, hunting, logging and mining, as well as climate change. |
| UN advises prudent use of abundant resources to spur development | |
UN News Centre - October 10, 2011 | |
| The Democratic Republic of the Congo has the capacity to become the driving force of Africa’s economic development if its vast forests, water resources and trillions of dollars worth of mineral reserves are used prudently, according to the findings of a United Nations assessment released today. |
| Global Witness welcomes DR Congo's decision to publish resource contracts | |
Global Witness - June 3, 2011 | |
 | A decree published this week by the Democratic Republic of Congo commits the government to disclose all natural resource contracts within 60 days of their coming into effect. The decision is a welcome move which could help reduce corruption in the country if fully implemented, Global Witness said today. |
| Upcoming UN-backed summit to focus on sustainable management of rainforests | |
UN News - April 13, 2011 | |
 | Top officials from more than 35 nations covering the world’s three major rainforest regions will gather at a United Nations-backed conference next month to discuss the common challenges faced by these vital ecosystems that support more than a billion people. |
| UNEP, PUMA in joint strategic deal to support biodiversity worldwide | |
Xinhua - January 7, 2010 | |
| The "Play for Life" campaign focuses on Africa, a continent that hosts exceptional biodiversity including two of the five most important wilderness areas on earth, the Congo Basin, and Miombo-Mopane Woodlands and Savannas of Southern Africa. |
| Logging firms 'avoid Congo tax' | |
BBC News - July 30, 2008 | |
| The Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo are losing at least $12m annually in tax avoidance by logging companies, Greenpeace says. The environmental group says it has evidence showing how firms like German-owned Danzer group have set up "elaborate profit-laundering schemes". |
