Al Jazeera English published this video item, entitled “Congo rainforest in peril: Logging endangers vital ecosystem” – below is their description.
Widespread deforestation is putting the Congo Rainforest under threat.
But the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is resisting pressure to tighten the protection of the fragile ecosystem.
It says the international community is not honouring its promise to pay for carbon credits.
Al Jazeera’s Nick Clark reports from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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A carbon credit is a generic term for any tradable certificate or permit representing the right to emit one tonne of carbon dioxide or the equivalent amount of a different greenhouse gas.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DROC, or simply either Congo or the Congo, and historically Zaire, is a country in Central Africa. The capital is Kinshasa.
With a population of over 101 million, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most-populous officially Francophone country in the world.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is extremely rich in natural resources but has suffered from political instability. As of 2018, around 600,000 Congolese have fled to neighbouring countries from conflicts in the centre and east of the DRC. Two million children risk starvation, and the fighting has displaced 4.5 million people.
