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Deforestation rate. 311,000 ha or 1,200 sq mi annually; 0.2% [ 1] Main causes. Fuelwood and charcoal collection, artisanal and small-scale logging, industrial logging, clearing for agriculture, and road construction. [ 2][ 3] Deforestation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is an environmental conflict of international importance. [ 4]
Between 2000 and 2014 the DRC lost an average of 570,000 hectares (0.2%) of rainforest to deforestation per year, with the highest amount of deforestation coming between 2011 and 2014. Deforestation is the primary cause of biodiversity reduction and species loss globally, through habitat loss and fragmentation.
Rates and causes of deforestation vary from region to region around the world. In 2009, two-thirds of the world's forests were located in just 10 countries: Russia , Brazil , Canada , the United States , China , Australia , the Democratic Republic of the Congo , Indonesia , India , and Peru .
Leaders from countries with the largest tropical forest basins are meeting in the Republic of Congo Thursday to work together to protect the forests from deforestation and destruction. Delegates ...
Data from Global Forest Watch, an initiative that uses satellites to track deforestation, showed that annual tree cover loss in Virunga rose over 22% to 6,804 hectares in 2021 and a further 7,255 ...
From 2015 to 2019, the rate of deforestation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo doubled. [74] In 2021, deforestation of the Congolese rainforest increased by 5%. [ 75 ]
By Ange Kasongo. BRAZZAVILLE (Reuters) - Countries that are home to the world's three major rainforests agreed on Saturday to cooperate to overcome deforestation and safeguard biodiversity but ...
With annual forest loss of 0.3% during the 2000s, [5] the region had the lowest deforestation rate of any major tropical forest zone. [6] From 2015 to 2019, the rate of deforestation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo doubled. [7] In 2021, deforestation of the Congolese rainforest increased by 5%. [8]