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The Fate of Lungs of Africa Hangs in Balance

Community Forestry offers the opportunity for local and indigenous people to control and manage the forest in a sustainable way, but once the moratorium on awarding new concessions is lifted, new industrial concessions will very likely be in direct competition with these community projects, writes Nchemty Metimi Ozongashu for Greenpeace Africa.

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Forests in DR Congo.

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