DRC: Protecting Congo’s Forests: New Timber Parks Will Help Fight Illegal Logging

Jul 3, 2023 | Paolo Omar Cerutti and Silvia Ferrari, Conversation
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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) joined the East African Community in 2022. This will offer the country, which has immense natural wealth, a huge market in neighbouring countries and direct access to new roads, railways and ports – and therefore potential global trade. But as east African road and rail networks expand and transportation costs fall, the DRC’s eastern forests will become more vulnerable to surging demand by regional and global markets.