Congo Deforestation
Congo Deforestation
by Rhett A. Butler
Mongabay.com
Deforestation in the Congo Rainforest
The Congo Rainforest is one of the world's most threatened ecosystems. Commercial logging, clearing for subsistence agriculture, and widespread civil strife has devastated forests, displaced forest dwellers, and resulted in the expansion of the "bushmeat" trade. Since the 1980s, Africa has had the highest deforestation rates of any region on the globe.
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