30 нояб. 2022 г. · In 2021, deforestation in the Congo Basin increased by 4.9 percent affecting more than 630 thousand hectares of land. This is a particularly worrying trend.

Rapid deforestation not only undermines sustainable local livelihoods and ecosystems, but it also has global consequences; according to Global Witness, between ...

13 янв. 2024 г. · The destruction of the Basin reduces the Earth's ability to naturally absorb CO2, promotes the spread of diseases, and disrupts rainfall ...

By 2100, projected forest loss in the Congo Basin may reduce annual rainfall by 8-10%. However, uncertainties remain due to limited data and understanding of ...

Slash-and-burn agriculture, commercial farming and the development of infrastructure to open up the forest zones together with the construction of secondary ...

The results show that agriculture and gross domestic product are significant determinants of deforestation in the Congo Basin but evidence of an inverse U- ...

12 июн. 2023 г. · Zoonotic disease risk. Deforestation, forest degradation, and other human activities that harm the Congo Basin's ecosystems (such as extensive ...

20 сент. 2024 г. · The study reveals that deforestation for settlement expansion and farmland accelerates as mining begins and quickly outstripping the area cleared for the mine.

Trees are slashed and burned for agriculture in the country. Illegal logging, road development and city expansion are also among some of the causes for ... Causes of deforestation · Consequences of deforestation