Source: DTE
A new report reveals that the Congo, the world’s second-largest rainforest, lost half a million hectares of forest in 2022. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) accounts for 60% of the rainforest and experiences persistent high rates of primary forest loss.
Reason: The DRC has one of the highest population growth rates in the world — 3.19 per cent. The subsequent increase in the demand for food has led to shorter fallow periods and the expansion of agriculture into primary forests.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa and formerly known as Zaire) is a country in Central Africa. By land area, the DRC is the second-largest country in Africa, after Algeria.
It shares borders with several countries, including the Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania (across Lake Tanganyika), Zambia, and Angola, and has a coastline along the South Atlantic Ocean.
