2022-11-14
KINSHASA - Although the Amazon forest is significantly larger, the tropical forests in the Congo Basin, in the heart of Africa, are taking more CO2 out of the air today. This seems like good news, but these forests are also disappearing at a rapid pace.
Several countries, including Belgium, are investing in projects to protect forests. This investigartion examines how much money is involved, and what happens to it. Two lessons are already clear. This is a big challenge, donors must make a long-term commitment. Such projects have little chance of success if they do not also help the fast-growing population move forward.
The follow-up project: 'Can Congo save the world?' can be consulted here.
Photo: © Bart Lasuy
€ 5,500 allocated on 20/03/2020
ID
FPD/2020/1723Grant
Pascal Decroos Fund
Tags
BOOK
- Title: Kan Congo de wereld redden?
Author: John Vandaele
Publisher: EPO
ISBN: 9789462675407
Page's: 200 pagina's
Publication date: 2025
PRINT/ONLINE
- Geven we genoeg om de krachtigste long ter wereld te redden?, MO*, 07/11/2022.
- Hoe een Belgische herbebosser in Congo als grote werkgever op handen wordt gedragen, MO*, 15/11/2022.
- Donnons-nous assez pour sauver le poumon le plus puissant du monde ?, Mo*, 29/11/2022.
- Hoe Congo zoekt naar een welvaart die zijn kostbare regenwoud intact laat, Mo*, 06/12/2022.
- Kan Congo de wereld redden?, De Standaard, 10 december 2022.
- Waarom een Belgische supermarktketen bomen plant in Congo, Mo*, 20/12/2023.
- ‘Er is meer dan één dollar per Congolees nodig om het Centraal-Afrikaanse woud in stand te houden’, MO*, 23/01/2023.
- Comment le Congo recherche une prospérité qui laisse sa précieuse tropicale forêt intacte, MO*, 07/02/2023.
- Pourquoi une chaîne de supermarché belge plante-t-elle 12 millions d'arbres au Congo?, MO*, 30/03/2023.
AUDIO
- Herbeluister: MO*journalist John Vandaele in Bureau Buitenland op NPO Radio 1, Radio 1, 30/01/2023.
COUNTRY
- Democratic Republic Congo
- Central African Republic
- Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon
- Cameroon
