A worker with several large cut logs in a Sodefor Log Camp in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). More than 21 million hectares of rainforest in the DRC are currently allocated to the logging industry. Most of DRC’s timber is exported to...

A child in the Village of Babogombe in Yoko National Reserve March. The village is very poor and depends heavily on forest.

Forest on the banks of the Congo river system, Equatorial province, Democratic Republic of Congo.

People hold up green leaflets reading 'Save Congo's Forests' in French, during a demonstration in Parc du Cinquantenaire, Brussels, a few days before Congo's 50th independence anniversary in 2010.

Workers in the 'Coordination Provinciale pour la protection de l'environnement', an office which handles environmental affairs in the region. Officials have none of the necessary equipment to oversee the logging industry.

Children sit on logs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. More than 21 million hectares of the nation's rainforest are now allocated to the logging industry.

Greenpeace activists protest outside the opening of the France Afrique Summit in Cannes, a conference of heads of state from France and Africa. Following today's protests, President Chirac announced his support to maintain the moratorium on...

A woman from a forest dependant community gathers firewood. Approximately 40 million people in the DRC depend on the rainforest for their basic needs, such as medicine, food or shelter. Despite being rich in natural resources, the Democratic...