Democratic Republic of Congo is planning to release a carbon bomb by auctioning 30 oil and gas blocks overlapping rainforests and peatlands.
Tag: CAFI
The Central African Forest Initiative is promoting industrial logging in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The agreement between the Central African Forest Initiative and D.R. Congo could result in millions of hectares of logging concessions.
NGOs warn of “an impending climate and biodiversity catastrophe” if the Democratic Republic of Congo lifts its logging moratorium
NGOs warn that if the DRC government follows through with its plans to lift the country’s logging moratorium it would result in a climate and biodiversity catastrophe.
“Payment for non-performance”: Norway pays Gabon US$17 million for increasing deforestation
Recently Gabon became the first African government to be paid for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. But deforestation increased.
Oil, corruption and lies in the Republic of Congo
By Chris Lang In September 2019, the President of the Republic of Congo, Dénis Sassou Nguesso, flew to Paris to meet Emmanuel Macron, France’s President. Macron signed a letter of intent committing US$65 million to the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) to protect the Republic of Congo’s forests.