Leading specialists on Main African woodlands highlight the local and international relevance of the Congo Container and the risks dealt with by the world‘ s second-largest rainforest
The Congo Container is just one of the globe’s most substantial wild locations and plays an essential duty in international carbon sequestration. Nevertheless, this community is currently under danger from logging, destruction and the environment situation.
” This is an international problem. The Congo Container is a significant resource of rains in the Sahel area. A substantial percentage of the globe’s community solutions originated from this area,” stated Richard Eba’a Atyi, Regional Planner for Central Africa at CIFOR-ICRAF, at a discussion forum in Bonn, Germany.
The woodlands of Central Africa additionally give 75 million individuals with important natural deposits, extending Cameroon, the Main African Republic, the Autonomous Republic of Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.
” It’s not preservation for preservation’s purpose, however, for the advantage of the neighborhood neighborhoods and Aboriginal Peoples that live there and their resources and wellness. If we have those woodlands standing there today, it is due to the fact that individuals are dealing with them,” stated Dr Aurelie Flore Koumba Pambo, Facilitator at the Congo Container Woodland Collaboration (CBFP).
Despite their essential relevance, the woodlands of the Congo Container are being ruined at a startling price, with estimates recommending that they might diminish by 27% by 2050 unless immediate activity is taken.
Mining and logging tasks are significant vehicle drivers of logging in the area and are typically accomplished unlawfully or without problem for sustainability. Specialists think a much better understanding of the Congo Container’s woodlands is required to attend to these source.
” It is challenging to handle natural deposits if we have no details concerning them. Scientific research is required to educate those accountable of choice production, and this calls for not just human yet additionally funds,” stated Eba’a Atyi.
Over the 10-year duration from 2008 to 2017, the woodland and atmosphere industry in Central Africa represented just 11.5% of international funding for the preservation and lasting administration of exotic woodlands. Specialists claim immediate activity is called for to protect financing for the preservation of these high-integrity woodlands.
- Find photos of the Congo Container, the audio speakers and the OFAC crossbreed online forum here
- Learn much more concerning Main African woodlands right here: Facts & Figures Protected Areas of Central Africa 2024 ( EN) and State of the Forests 2021 ( EN and FR)
- Interviews are particularly motivated, in English or French, with:
- Christian Ruck, CBFP Facilitator of the Federal Republic of Germany, a specialist in lasting woodland administration, environment modification and woodland financing, especially in the context of Germany.
- Florence Palla, Task Planner at OFAC RIOFAC, a specialist in woodland information administration and lasting woodland administration, particularly in the contexts of Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Chad, Sao Tome and Principe, Angola and the Main African Republic.
- Richard Eba’a Atyi, Regional Planner for Central Africa at CIFOR-ICRAF, a specialist in lasting woodland administration, especially in Cameroon, Congo and Gabon.
- Robert Nasi, Principal Operating Police Officer, CIFOR-ICRAF, an international specialist on woodlands, supporting for incorporated social and life science for much better woodland administration, even more lasting resources, and boosted woodland plans.
- For more information, images and quotes, to access the online forum recordings, or to set up meetings or get in touch with neighborhood tales in the Congo Container, please get in touch with Kelly Quintero (k.quintero@cifor-icraf.org).
About OFAC
The Observatory of Woodlands of Central Africa (OFAC), sustained by the EU-funded RIOFAC job, is an effort of the Main African Woodland Payment (COMIFAC), offering crucial information and understandings right into the state of the woodlands and secured locations within Central Africa. The OFAC intends to sustain educated decision-making for the lasting administration and preservation of the area’s essential woodland communities.
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