Deforestation Trends in the Congo Basin : Logging

The Congo Basin has the largest forest cover on the African continent. Of the 400 million hectares that the Basin comprises, about 200 million of them are covered by forest, with 90 percent being tropical dense forests. The Congo Basin's loggi...

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Main Authors: Doetinchem, Nina, Megevand, Carole, Braune, Loic, Dulal, Hari
Format: Other Environmental Study
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/17752516/deforestation-trends-congo-basin-logging
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16646
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topic ACCESS TO FOREST
ACTION PLAN
ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ADVERSE IMPACTS
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS
AESTHETIC VALUES
AFFORESTATION
AFRICAN FOREST
AGRICULTURE
AGROFORESTRY
AMAZON BASIN
BASE CAMP
BASIN FOREST
BASIN FORESTS
BASINS
BIODIVERSITY
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
BIOMASS
BIOMASS CARBON
BRAZILIAN AMAZON
CANOPY
CARBON CONTENT
CARBON DENSITY
CARBON RETENTION
CARBON STOCK
CARBON STOCK DENSITY
CERTIFIED FORESTS
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
COASTAL AREAS
COMMERCIAL FORESTRY
COMMERCIAL LOGGING
COMMERCIAL LOGGING OPERATIONS
COMMERCIAL SPECIES
COMMUNITY FOREST
COMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENT
COMMUNITY FORESTRY
CONCESSION
CONCESSION AREA
CONSERVATION PRINCIPLES
CONSERVATION VALUE
CONVERSION OF FOREST
DEFORESTATION
DEGRADATION
DEGRADATION RATES
DEGRADED FOREST
DEGRADED FORESTS
DEMAND FOR TIMBER
DENSE FOREST
DIVERSITY OF SPECIES
DOMESTIC TIMBER PRODUCTION
DRIVERS OF DEFORESTATION
ECOLOGICAL IMPACT
ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS
ECOLOGICAL SERVICES
ECOSYSTEM
EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
EQUILIBRIUM
EROSION
EXPANSION OF PLANTATIONS
EXTRACTION RATES
FIELD STUDIES
FIREWOOD
FLOODS
FOOD SECURITY
FOREST
FOREST AREA
FOREST AREAS
FOREST CARBON
FOREST CARBON STOCK
FOREST CARBON STOCKS
FOREST CERTIFICATION
FOREST CLASSES
FOREST CONCESSIONS
FOREST CONSERVATION
FOREST COVER
FOREST DEGRADATION
FOREST DYNAMICS
FOREST ECOLOGY
FOREST ECOSYSTEMS
FOREST ENTERPRISES
FOREST ESTATE
FOREST FLOOR
FOREST GOVERNANCE
FOREST INDUSTRIES
FOREST INDUSTRY
FOREST INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT
FOREST LAND
FOREST LANDS
FOREST LAW
FOREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
FOREST LAWS
FOREST LOSS
FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANNING
FOREST OPERATIONS
FOREST PATCHES
FOREST PRESERVATION
FOREST PRODUCTION
FOREST PROTECTION
FOREST REGENERATION
FOREST RESEARCH
FOREST RESOURCES
FOREST SECTOR
FOREST SERVICE
FOREST STEWARDSHIP
FOREST TENURE
FOREST TYPE
FOREST ZONES
FORESTRY LAW
FORESTRY MANAGEMENT
FORESTRY RESEARCH
FORESTRY SECTOR
GHG
GLOBAL FOREST
GLOBAL FOREST RESOURCES
GLOBAL FOREST RESOURCES ASSESSMENT
GRASSLAND
GREENHOUSE
GREENHOUSE GAS
GREENHOUSE GASES
GREENHOUSE GASES EMISSIONS
HUMAN INTERVENTION
HUNTING
HUNTING PRESSURE
HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE
ILLEGAL LOGGING
ILLEGAL TIMBER
IMPACTS ON BIODIVERSITY
INDUSTRIAL LOGGING
INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH
ISSUES
LAKES
LAND AREA
LAND COVER
LAND USE
LAND-COVER
LAND-COVER TYPES
LANDSCAPE
LARGE TREES
LIVELIHOODS
LOG PRODUCTION
LOGGING
LOGGING COMPANIES
LOGGING CONCESSIONS
LOGGING ROADS
LOGS
LOWLAND TROPICAL FORESTS
MANAGED FORESTS
MANGROVE FOREST
METALS
MONTANE FOREST
NATURAL DISTURBANCES
NATURAL FOREST RESOURCES
NATURAL FORESTS
NATURAL RESOURCES
NATURE
OIL PRODUCTION
OPEN ACCESS
PARTICIPATORY FORESTRY
PH
PLANT
PLANT SPECIES
PLATINUM
POPULATION DENSITY
PP
PRIMARY FOREST
PRIMARY FORESTS
RAINFALL
RAINFOREST
REFORESTATION
REGENERATION
RESTAURANTS
ROAD NETWORKS
ROADS
SAVANNA
SET ASIDE
SOCIALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SPECIES COMPOSITION
SUPPLY CHAIN
SUSTAINABLE FOREST
SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT
SUSTAINABLE LOGGING
SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
TIMBER
TIMBER COMPANIES
TIMBER DEMAND
TIMBER HARVEST
TIMBER IMPORTS
TIMBER MANAGEMENT
TIMBER PROCESSING
TIMBER PRODUCTION
TIMBER PRODUCTS
TIMBER RESOURCES
TIMBER SALES
TIMBER SPECIES
TIMBER SUPPLY
TIMBER TRADE
TIMBER VALUE
TIMBER-PROCESSING INDUSTRY
TREE
TREE SPECIES
TREES
TROPICAL DRY FOREST
TROPICAL FOREST
TROPICAL FOREST MANAGEMENT
TROPICAL FOREST REGIONS
TROPICAL FORESTS
TROPICAL RAINFOREST
TROPICAL REGIONS
UNDISTURBED FOREST
URBAN CENTERS
URBAN POPULATIONS
VEGETATION
WOOD
WOOD EXTRACTION
WOOD PROCESSING
WOOD PRODUCTION
WOOD PRODUCTS
WOOD WASTE
WOODLAND
WOODLANDS
spellingShingle ACCESS TO FOREST
ACTION PLAN
ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ADVERSE IMPACTS
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS
AESTHETIC VALUES
AFFORESTATION
AFRICAN FOREST
AGRICULTURE
AGROFORESTRY
AMAZON BASIN
BASE CAMP
BASIN FOREST
BASIN FORESTS
BASINS
BIODIVERSITY
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
BIOMASS
BIOMASS CARBON
BRAZILIAN AMAZON
CANOPY
CARBON CONTENT
CARBON DENSITY
CARBON RETENTION
CARBON STOCK
CARBON STOCK DENSITY
CERTIFIED FORESTS
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
COASTAL AREAS
COMMERCIAL FORESTRY
COMMERCIAL LOGGING
COMMERCIAL LOGGING OPERATIONS
COMMERCIAL SPECIES
COMMUNITY FOREST
COMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENT
COMMUNITY FORESTRY
CONCESSION
CONCESSION AREA
CONSERVATION PRINCIPLES
CONSERVATION VALUE
CONVERSION OF FOREST
DEFORESTATION
DEGRADATION
DEGRADATION RATES
DEGRADED FOREST
DEGRADED FORESTS
DEMAND FOR TIMBER
DENSE FOREST
DIVERSITY OF SPECIES
DOMESTIC TIMBER PRODUCTION
DRIVERS OF DEFORESTATION
ECOLOGICAL IMPACT
ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS
ECOLOGICAL SERVICES
ECOSYSTEM
EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
EQUILIBRIUM
EROSION
EXPANSION OF PLANTATIONS
EXTRACTION RATES
FIELD STUDIES
FIREWOOD
FLOODS
FOOD SECURITY
FOREST
FOREST AREA
FOREST AREAS
FOREST CARBON
FOREST CARBON STOCK
FOREST CARBON STOCKS
FOREST CERTIFICATION
FOREST CLASSES
FOREST CONCESSIONS
FOREST CONSERVATION
FOREST COVER
FOREST DEGRADATION
FOREST DYNAMICS
FOREST ECOLOGY
FOREST ECOSYSTEMS
FOREST ENTERPRISES
FOREST ESTATE
FOREST FLOOR
FOREST GOVERNANCE
FOREST INDUSTRIES
FOREST INDUSTRY
FOREST INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT
FOREST LAND
FOREST LANDS
FOREST LAW
FOREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
FOREST LAWS
FOREST LOSS
FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANNING
FOREST OPERATIONS
FOREST PATCHES
FOREST PRESERVATION
FOREST PRODUCTION
FOREST PROTECTION
FOREST REGENERATION
FOREST RESEARCH
FOREST RESOURCES
FOREST SECTOR
FOREST SERVICE
FOREST STEWARDSHIP
FOREST TENURE
FOREST TYPE
FOREST ZONES
FORESTRY LAW
FORESTRY MANAGEMENT
FORESTRY RESEARCH
FORESTRY SECTOR
GHG
GLOBAL FOREST
GLOBAL FOREST RESOURCES
GLOBAL FOREST RESOURCES ASSESSMENT
GRASSLAND
GREENHOUSE
GREENHOUSE GAS
GREENHOUSE GASES
GREENHOUSE GASES EMISSIONS
HUMAN INTERVENTION
HUNTING
HUNTING PRESSURE
HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE
ILLEGAL LOGGING
ILLEGAL TIMBER
IMPACTS ON BIODIVERSITY
INDUSTRIAL LOGGING
INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH
ISSUES
LAKES
LAND AREA
LAND COVER
LAND USE
LAND-COVER
LAND-COVER TYPES
LANDSCAPE
LARGE TREES
LIVELIHOODS
LOG PRODUCTION
LOGGING
LOGGING COMPANIES
LOGGING CONCESSIONS
LOGGING ROADS
LOGS
LOWLAND TROPICAL FORESTS
MANAGED FORESTS
MANGROVE FOREST
METALS
MONTANE FOREST
NATURAL DISTURBANCES
NATURAL FOREST RESOURCES
NATURAL FORESTS
NATURAL RESOURCES
NATURE
OIL PRODUCTION
OPEN ACCESS
PARTICIPATORY FORESTRY
PH
PLANT
PLANT SPECIES
PLATINUM
POPULATION DENSITY
PP
PRIMARY FOREST
PRIMARY FORESTS
RAINFALL
RAINFOREST
REFORESTATION
REGENERATION
RESTAURANTS
ROAD NETWORKS
ROADS
SAVANNA
SET ASIDE
SOCIALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SPECIES COMPOSITION
SUPPLY CHAIN
SUSTAINABLE FOREST
SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT
SUSTAINABLE LOGGING
SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
TIMBER
TIMBER COMPANIES
TIMBER DEMAND
TIMBER HARVEST
TIMBER IMPORTS
TIMBER MANAGEMENT
TIMBER PROCESSING
TIMBER PRODUCTION
TIMBER PRODUCTS
TIMBER RESOURCES
TIMBER SALES
TIMBER SPECIES
TIMBER SUPPLY
TIMBER TRADE
TIMBER VALUE
TIMBER-PROCESSING INDUSTRY
TREE
TREE SPECIES
TREES
TROPICAL DRY FOREST
TROPICAL FOREST
TROPICAL FOREST MANAGEMENT
TROPICAL FOREST REGIONS
TROPICAL FORESTS
TROPICAL RAINFOREST
TROPICAL REGIONS
UNDISTURBED FOREST
URBAN CENTERS
URBAN POPULATIONS
VEGETATION
WOOD
WOOD EXTRACTION
WOOD PROCESSING
WOOD PRODUCTION
WOOD PRODUCTS
WOOD WASTE
WOODLAND
WOODLANDS
Doetinchem, Nina
Megevand, Carole
Braune, Loic
Dulal, Hari
Deforestation Trends in the Congo Basin : Logging
geographic_facet Africa
relation Deforestation trends in the Congo Basin;no. 2. Logging
description The Congo Basin has the largest forest cover on the African continent. Of the 400 million hectares that the Basin comprises, about 200 million of them are covered by forest, with 90 percent being tropical dense forests. The Congo Basin's logging sector has a dualistic configuration. It boasts a highly visible formal sector that is export oriented and dominated by large industrial groups with foreign capital and an informal sector that has long been underestimated and overlooked. This report is one of a series of reports prepared during a two-year attempt to analyze and better understand deforestation dynamics in the Basin. It presents findings related to the logging sector and its potential impact on forest cover, and it is based on an in-depth analysis of the sector. The paper's structure is as follows: first chapter gives an overview of the logging sector both formal and informal in the six countries and its importance in terms of employment and revenues; second chapter is the analyzes and impacts of logging activities on forest cover; and final chapter presents recommendations to foster sustainable logging activities with a particular focus on the informal sector and reduce potential adverse impact on natural forests.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Other Environmental Study
author Doetinchem, Nina
Megevand, Carole
Braune, Loic
Dulal, Hari
author_facet Doetinchem, Nina
Megevand, Carole
Braune, Loic
Dulal, Hari
author_sort Doetinchem, Nina
title Deforestation Trends in the Congo Basin : Logging
title_short Deforestation Trends in the Congo Basin : Logging
title_full Deforestation Trends in the Congo Basin : Logging
title_fullStr Deforestation Trends in the Congo Basin : Logging
title_full_unstemmed Deforestation Trends in the Congo Basin : Logging
title_sort deforestation trends in the congo basin : logging
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/17752516/deforestation-trends-congo-basin-logging
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16646
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spelling okr-10986-166462021-04-23T14:03:30Z Deforestation Trends in the Congo Basin : Logging Doetinchem, Nina Megevand, Carole Braune, Loic Dulal, Hari ACCESS TO FOREST ACTION PLAN ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ADVERSE IMPACTS AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS AESTHETIC VALUES AFFORESTATION AFRICAN FOREST AGRICULTURE AGROFORESTRY AMAZON BASIN BASE CAMP BASIN FOREST BASIN FORESTS BASINS BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BIOMASS BIOMASS CARBON BRAZILIAN AMAZON CANOPY CARBON CONTENT CARBON DENSITY CARBON RETENTION CARBON STOCK CARBON STOCK DENSITY CERTIFIED FORESTS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE COASTAL AREAS COMMERCIAL FORESTRY COMMERCIAL LOGGING COMMERCIAL LOGGING OPERATIONS COMMERCIAL SPECIES COMMUNITY FOREST COMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENT COMMUNITY FORESTRY CONCESSION CONCESSION AREA CONSERVATION PRINCIPLES CONSERVATION VALUE CONVERSION OF FOREST DEFORESTATION DEGRADATION DEGRADATION RATES DEGRADED FOREST DEGRADED FORESTS DEMAND FOR TIMBER DENSE FOREST DIVERSITY OF SPECIES DOMESTIC TIMBER PRODUCTION DRIVERS OF DEFORESTATION ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS ECOLOGICAL SERVICES ECOSYSTEM EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT EQUILIBRIUM EROSION EXPANSION OF PLANTATIONS EXTRACTION RATES FIELD STUDIES FIREWOOD FLOODS FOOD SECURITY FOREST FOREST AREA FOREST AREAS FOREST CARBON FOREST CARBON STOCK FOREST CARBON STOCKS FOREST CERTIFICATION FOREST CLASSES FOREST CONCESSIONS FOREST CONSERVATION FOREST COVER FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST DYNAMICS FOREST ECOLOGY FOREST ECOSYSTEMS FOREST ENTERPRISES FOREST ESTATE FOREST FLOOR FOREST GOVERNANCE FOREST INDUSTRIES FOREST INDUSTRY FOREST INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT FOREST LAND FOREST LANDS FOREST LAW FOREST LAW ENFORCEMENT FOREST LAWS FOREST LOSS FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANNING FOREST OPERATIONS FOREST PATCHES FOREST PRESERVATION FOREST PRODUCTION FOREST PROTECTION FOREST REGENERATION FOREST RESEARCH FOREST RESOURCES FOREST SECTOR FOREST SERVICE FOREST STEWARDSHIP FOREST TENURE FOREST TYPE FOREST ZONES FORESTRY LAW FORESTRY MANAGEMENT FORESTRY RESEARCH FORESTRY SECTOR GHG GLOBAL FOREST GLOBAL FOREST RESOURCES GLOBAL FOREST RESOURCES ASSESSMENT GRASSLAND GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GASES GREENHOUSE GASES EMISSIONS HUMAN INTERVENTION HUNTING HUNTING PRESSURE HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE ILLEGAL LOGGING ILLEGAL TIMBER IMPACTS ON BIODIVERSITY INDUSTRIAL LOGGING INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH ISSUES LAKES LAND AREA LAND COVER LAND USE LAND-COVER LAND-COVER TYPES LANDSCAPE LARGE TREES LIVELIHOODS LOG PRODUCTION LOGGING LOGGING COMPANIES LOGGING CONCESSIONS LOGGING ROADS LOGS LOWLAND TROPICAL FORESTS MANAGED FORESTS MANGROVE FOREST METALS MONTANE FOREST NATURAL DISTURBANCES NATURAL FOREST RESOURCES NATURAL FORESTS NATURAL RESOURCES NATURE OIL PRODUCTION OPEN ACCESS PARTICIPATORY FORESTRY PH PLANT PLANT SPECIES PLATINUM POPULATION DENSITY PP PRIMARY FOREST PRIMARY FORESTS RAINFALL RAINFOREST REFORESTATION REGENERATION RESTAURANTS ROAD NETWORKS ROADS SAVANNA SET ASIDE SOCIALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SPECIES COMPOSITION SUPPLY CHAIN SUSTAINABLE FOREST SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE LOGGING SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT TIMBER TIMBER COMPANIES TIMBER DEMAND TIMBER HARVEST TIMBER IMPORTS TIMBER MANAGEMENT TIMBER PROCESSING TIMBER PRODUCTION TIMBER PRODUCTS TIMBER RESOURCES TIMBER SALES TIMBER SPECIES TIMBER SUPPLY TIMBER TRADE TIMBER VALUE TIMBER-PROCESSING INDUSTRY TREE TREE SPECIES TREES TROPICAL DRY FOREST TROPICAL FOREST TROPICAL FOREST MANAGEMENT TROPICAL FOREST REGIONS TROPICAL FORESTS TROPICAL RAINFOREST TROPICAL REGIONS UNDISTURBED FOREST URBAN CENTERS URBAN POPULATIONS VEGETATION WOOD WOOD EXTRACTION WOOD PROCESSING WOOD PRODUCTION WOOD PRODUCTS WOOD WASTE WOODLAND WOODLANDS The Congo Basin has the largest forest cover on the African continent. Of the 400 million hectares that the Basin comprises, about 200 million of them are covered by forest, with 90 percent being tropical dense forests. The Congo Basin's logging sector has a dualistic configuration. It boasts a highly visible formal sector that is export oriented and dominated by large industrial groups with foreign capital and an informal sector that has long been underestimated and overlooked. This report is one of a series of reports prepared during a two-year attempt to analyze and better understand deforestation dynamics in the Basin. It presents findings related to the logging sector and its potential impact on forest cover, and it is based on an in-depth analysis of the sector. The paper's structure is as follows: first chapter gives an overview of the logging sector both formal and informal in the six countries and its importance in terms of employment and revenues; second chapter is the analyzes and impacts of logging activities on forest cover; and final chapter presents recommendations to foster sustainable logging activities with a particular focus on the informal sector and reduce potential adverse impact on natural forests. 2014-01-28T16:53:43Z 2014-01-28T16:53:43Z 2013-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/17752516/deforestation-trends-congo-basin-logging http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16646 English en_US Deforestation trends in the Congo Basin;no. 2. Logging CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Environmental Study Economic & Sector Work Africa