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The key To the Issues in Congo. By Tom Ferlic. T he F irst P roblem. Timber industry is becoming a major faction in trouble Some loggers are doing it legally; others are not Results: Destroys land, animal’s habitats and the area overall being depopulated
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The key To the Issues in Congo By Tom Ferlic
The First Problem • Timber industry is becoming a major faction in trouble • Some loggers are doing it legally; others are not • Results: Destroys land, animal’s habitats and the area overall being depopulated • Possible Solution (s): Guard the forests or make them national parks( therefore they are protected) • Weaker Solution: Find elsewhere for replacement of timber
Too Many Plantations! • Some of the land that is not or already in usage both are being used for plantations • This started earlier and was influenced by European colonization • Exports from plantations of “Shell” enterprises have had major exports, to France, Norway etc • Solution(s): Possibly divide the same land but share the land plots so there are fewer • Make it so property taxes increase
Bushmeat Hunting • Bushmeat hunting-is the hunting of animals for trade in their pelts-(poaching) • It is common and has been around for years and caused multi-billion dollars • It ravishes the land of species and makes animals endangered (tiger, elephant, hippos) • Demands for pelts and ivory are high • Solutions:make iIlegal other places, and if people still commit to doing it-1 year of prison penalty
Bonobo Stew • People usually eat the orangutan as a source of nutrition • The Bonobo is becoming extinct as the cause of this • Solution: Use the goat (domesticated) as an alternative protein source. • The Bonobo is a part of the chimp family and is the closest to the hominid family • Cows are not good, because they are huge and chickens are too little (no refrigeration)
Works Cited • "Congo, R.: Shell's eucalyptus plantations now provide even fewer jobs." World Rainforest Movement. Web. 18 Feb. 2010. <http://www.wrm.org.uy/bulletin/46/Congo.html>. • "Poachers in Congo slaughter 14 elephants - Telegraph." Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph - Telegraph. Web. 18 Feb. 2010. <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/3341346/Poachers-in-Congo-slaughter-14-elephants.html>. • "WWF - Poaching and bushmeat trade in the Congo River Basin." WWF - WWF. Web. 18 Feb. 2010. <http://www.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/congo_basin_forests/problems/poaching_and_bushmeat_trade/>. • "WWF - Problems in the Congo River Basin Forests." WWF - WWF. Web. 18 Feb. 2010. <http://www.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/congo_basin_forests/problems/>.