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.
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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.
“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.