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Democratic Republic of Congo: New Fund Launched for Congo Basin
Jun 23rd, 2008 by Administrator |

Inter Press Service: The prime ministers of Norway and Britain have launched a 200 million dollar fund to tackle deforestation in the Congo Basin, the world’s second largest tropical forest. Launched in London last week, the Congo Basin Forest Fund will support initiatives from governments, civil society and the private sector that aim to reduce logging. The fund will sponsor livelihood projects that seek to make it more profitable for local communities to preserve the forest than to cut it down, …

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