TRF Biodiversity – D.R.C.

Oscar

Sara

Tropical rainforests

Biodiversity

Congo Basin

Causes

• Subsistence Agriculture

• Illegal logging

• Oil exploration

• Civil Strife

• Mining and cellphones

• Hunting

• Bushmeat

Consequences

• CO2 release

• Food

• Shelter

• Economic

• Tourism

• Great apes

• Drought/flooding

• Environmental degradation

• Species loss

Conservation

• Government s help

• Money loans

Solutions

• CRN

• Expand conservation areas

Future

• Balance

Sources

• http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0606-rhett_butler.html• http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNADS946.pdf• http://rainforests.mongabay.com/congo/congo_map.html • http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/forests/congo

http://forestry.about.com/cs/rainforest/p/congo_rf.htmhttp://www.rainforest-facts.com/congo-rainforest.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/congo-rainforest-given-hope-as-deals-cancelled-1482768.html

• http://www.rainforest-facts.com/congo-rainforest.html