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Deforestation trends in the congo basin: reconciling economic growth and forest protection

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank 2013 ;CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank ;ISBN: 9780821397428 ;ISBN: 0821397427 ;EISBN: 0821397788 ;EISBN: 9780821397787 ;DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9742-8 ;OCLC: 831117425 ;LCCallNum: SD664.A352

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Title:
Deforestation trends in the congo basin: reconciling economic growth and forest protection
Author: Megevand, Carole
Sanders, Klas ; Streck, Charlotte ; Doetinchem, Nina ; Mosnier, Aline ; Hourticq, Joël
Subjects: Africa, Central ; Agriculture ; Assets ; Benefits ; Biomass energy ; Capital ; Central Africa ; Climate Change ; Conflict ; Congo ; Congo Basin ; Cost ; Deforestation ; Economic aspects ; Economic change ; Economic development ; Economic growth ; Energy ; Environment ; Environmental degradation ; Environmental economics ; Environmental protection ; Finance ; Forest ; Forest Degradation ; Forest protection ; Forest resources ; Global warming ; Government and politics ; Infrastructure ; International bank for reconstruction and development ; Mining ; Modeling ; Negotiation ; Poor ; Poverty relief ; REDD+/REDD ; Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (Program) ; Sustainable Development ; Transport
Description: The Congo Basin represents 70 percent of the African continent's forest cover and constitutes a large portion of Africa's biodiversity. The objective of the two-year exercise was to analyze and get a better grasp of the deforestation dynamics in the Basin. The primary goal of the exercise was to give stakeholders (and particularly policy makers) a thorough understanding of how economic activities (agriculture, transport, mining, energy, and logging) could impact the region's forest cover through an in-depth analysis of the connections between economic developments and forest loss. Historically, the Congo Basin forest has been under comparatively little pressure, but there are signs that this situation is likely to change as pressure on the forest and other ecosystems increases. Until very recently, low population density, unrest and war, and low levels of development hampered conversion of forests into other land uses; however, satellite-based monitoring data now show that the annual rates of gross deforestation in the Basin have doubled since 1990. There is indeed some evidence that the Basin forests may be at a turning point of heading to higher deforestation and forest degradation rates. The forest ecosystems have not yet suffered the damage observed in other tropical regions (Amazonia, Southeast Asia) and are quite well preserved. The low deforestation rates mainly result from a combination of such factors as poor infrastructure, low population densities, and political instability that have led to the so-called passive protection. However, signs that the Congo Basin forests could be under increasing pressure from a variety of forces-both internal and external range from mineral extraction, road development, agribusiness, and biofuels to agriculture expansion for subsistence and population growth. All of these factors could drastically amplify the pressure on natural forests in the coming decades and trigger the transition from the 'high forest/low deforestation' profile into a more intense pace of deforestation.
Related Titles: Directions in Development - Environment and Sustainable Development
Publisher: Herndon: THE WORLD BANK
Creation Date: 2013
Format: 179
Language: English
Identifier: ISBN: 9780821397428
ISBN: 0821397427
EISBN: 0821397788
EISBN: 9780821397787
DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-9742-8
OCLC: 831117425
LCCallNum: SD664.A352
Source: Open Knowledge Repository
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