EVERY 2 SECONDS, WE LOSE AN AREA OF RAINFOREST THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL PITCH
DEFORESTATION AND FOREST DEGRADATION ACCOUNTS FOR AROUND 10% OF GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
LOGGING, MINING, OIL EXPLORATION AND INDUSTRIAL PLANTATIONS ARE SOME OF THE LEADING CAUSES OF DEFORESTATION
THE CONGO BASIN RAINFOREST IS A UNIQUE HOME TO MANY ENDANGERED AND THREATENED ANIMAL SPECIES, INCLUDING THE OKAPI, THE BONOBO AND THE FOREST ELEPHANT
INDUSTRIAL LOGGING CONCESSIONS COVER AROUND 50 MILLION HECTARES OF FOREST IN THE CONGO BASIN - TWICE THE SIZE OF THE UK
ILLEGAL LOGGING COSTS THE WORLD £23 BILLION EACH YEAR. IN AFRICA, LOSSES FROM ACTIVITIES LIKE ILLEGAL LOGGING ARE TWICE AS LARGE AS INTERNATIONAL AID RECEIPTS
PALM OIL HAS BECOME ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING MONOCROPS IN THE TROPICS AND IS GROWN IN OVER 40 COUNTRIES
IT IS ESTIAMTED THAT ONLY 10% OF GORILLA HABITAT WILL REMAIN IN THE CONGO BASIN BY 2032
Forest facts
Geography and Ecology
Although they cover less than 2% of earth’s surface, rainforests are home to half of all terrestrial biodiversity
