The Congo basin: low rates of deforestation but multiple threats

The Congo basin: low rates of deforestation but multiple threats

Taken as a whole, the forest block in Central Africa is the second largest tropical rainforest in the world. Over recent decades, it has undergone dispersed deforestation, mainly due to traditional activities: itinerant slash and burn agriculture, harvesting of fuelwood, and timber production. Today, the most serious threat is the fragmentation of vegetation cover by roads, in addition to the absence of any regulation in conflict zones.

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Main Author: Gond, Valéry
Format: book_section biblioteca
Language:eng
Published: CIRAD
Subjects:E14 - Économie et politique du développement, K01 - Foresterie - Considérations générales, P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières, K70 - Dégâts causés aux forêts et leur protection, forêt tropicale humide, déboisement, culture itinérante, bois, bois de chauffage, foresterie, cartographie, télédétection, végétation, route, gestion des ressources naturelles, bois énergie, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7976, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_15590, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7038, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8421, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3137, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3055, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1344, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6498, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8176, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6621, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_9000115, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_37916, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1432, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_29751, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1433, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8500, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1229,
Online Access:http://agritrop.cirad.fr/569624/
http://agritrop.cirad.fr/569624/1/document_569624.pdf
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Summary:Taken as a whole, the forest block in Central Africa is the second largest tropical rainforest in the world. Over recent decades, it has undergone dispersed deforestation, mainly due to traditional activities: itinerant slash and burn agriculture, harvesting of fuelwood, and timber production. Today, the most serious threat is the fragmentation of vegetation cover by roads, in addition to the absence of any regulation in conflict zones.

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