Democratic Republic of Congo is planning to release a carbon bomb by auctioning 30 oil and gas blocks overlapping rainforests and peatlands.
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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.
More than 40 NGOs join call to stop the lifting of the logging moratorium in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo is planning to lift its logging moratorium. More than 40 human rights and environmental NGOs have written to donor governments asking them to intervene.
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.
Democratic Republic of Congo plans to lift logging moratorium
By Chris Lang Last week, Eve Bazaïba, the vice prime minister and environment minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo announced plans to lift a ban on new industrial logging concessions that has been in place since 2002.