{"id":28,"date":"2018-05-08T15:55:28","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T15:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/k8s.p4.greenpeace.org\/defaultcontent\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2025-06-23T08:56:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T08:56:17","slug":"congobasinforest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/en\/act\/congobasinforest\/","title":{"rendered":"Congo Basin Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n                \n                <div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n                \n                <div class=\"wp-block-group container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n                \n                <div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-pattern-p4-page-header is-style-parallax\">\n\n                <div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n                    <div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n                    \n                        <h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-background-color has-background\">\n                            Protect the Congo Basin\n                        <\/h1>\n                    <\/div>\n                \n\n                \n                        <p style=\"font-size:1.25rem\">\n                            Africa has a green heart \u2013 a pulsing expanse of rivers and forests, rich in culture, wildlife and nature in all its diversity, with a vibrant population. The Congo Basin Forest is the world\u2019s second largest tropical rainforest, covering 170 million hectares \u2013 that is more than 4 times the size of Germany. The unthinkable has now become a reality. Illegal and unsustainable logging, compounded by weak forest management, has resulted in the average loss of 374,000 hectares per year!\n                        <\/p>\n                    \n\n                \n\n                <\/div>\n                <figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"444\"\n                        src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2018\/11\/b858312f-gp0stov4h.jpg\"\n                        alt=\"\"\n                        sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 601px) 50vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2018\/11\/b858312f-gp0stov4h.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2018\/11\/b858312f-gp0stov4h-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2018\/11\/b858312f-gp0stov4h-768x284.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2018\/11\/b858312f-gp0stov4h-1024x379.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2018\/11\/b858312f-gp0stov4h-510x189.jpg 510w\" class=\"wp-image-4866 size-full\"\n                    \/>\n                <\/figure>\n                <\/div>\n                \n                <\/div>\n                \n                <\/div>\n                \n                <div data-render=\"planet4-blocks\/columns\" data-attributes=\"{&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;columns&quot;:[{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Why take action&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;The Congo Basin Forest spreads across many countries in Central Africa and provides food, fresh water, shelter and medicine for millions of people and a home to endangered wildlife species. In recent years, scientists have found a large area of peatland that holds carbon and is fighting climate change.&quot;,&quot;link_new_tab&quot;:false},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The problem&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;The Congo Basin Forest is one of the most important places in the world to help reduce the effects of climate change. The rate of deforestation in the Congo Basin Forest has increased at an alarming rate. The inadequate control over the forest sector and increased demands from international markets have created the perfect scenario for agribusiness and industrial logging to expand and exhaust forest habitats. It is a special ecosystem that helps keep our entire planet cool and this is why this forest should matter to us all.&quot;,&quot;link_new_tab&quot;:false}],&quot;className&quot;:&quot;is-style-no_image&quot;,&quot;columns_block_style&quot;:&quot;no_image&quot;}}\"><\/div><div data-render=\"planet4-blocks\/columns\" data-attributes=\"{&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;columns_block_style&quot;:&quot;tasks&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:[{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Show your support for the Congo Basin&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;We want a movement that stops illegal logging and deforestation in the green heart of Africa.&quot;,&quot;cta_link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/pages.greenpeaceafrica.org\\\/congo-basin-forest&quot;,&quot;cta_text&quot;:&quot;Take the pledge&quot;,&quot;link_new_tab&quot;:false},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Support local communities in Cameroon&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;Support local communities in Cameroon! Act to stop Sudcam from stealing land from the indigenous people&quot;,&quot;cta_link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/pages.greenpeaceafrica.org\\\/sudcam-landgrabbing&quot;,&quot;cta_text&quot;:&quot;Sign the petition&quot;,&quot;link_new_tab&quot;:false},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Share on social&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;Protect the Congo Basin ForestJoin the movement to protect the world\\u2019s second largest tropical rainforest from illegal logging and deforestation.&quot;,&quot;cta_link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/GreenpeaceAfrica\\\/videos\\\/10157121535688849\\\/&quot;,&quot;cta_text&quot;:&quot;Watch and share&quot;,&quot;link_new_tab&quot;:false}],&quot;className&quot;:&quot;is-style-tasks&quot;}}\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9023,"parent":9,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"p4_hide_page_title_checkbox":"on","p4_title":"","p4_subtitle":"","p4_description":"","background_image_id":"","background_image":"","p4_button_title":"","p4_button_link":"","p4_button_link_checkbox":"","p4_og_title":"","p4_og_description":"","p4_og_image":"","p4_og_image_id":"","p4_seo_canonical_url":"","p4_campaign_name":"not set","p4_local_project":"not set","p4_basket_name":"not set","p4_department":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-28","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-protecttheenvironment","tag-forests"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57897,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions\/57897"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}