date:Jul 28, 2012
nited Kingdom through the African Development Bank, is funding the initiative with 6.1 million.
The forests of Africa's Congo Basin, approximately 200 million hectares, are one of the world's largest primary rainforests, second only to the Amazon. The region's forests support the livelihoods of some 60 million people.
According to data provided by COMIFAC, the gross deforestation annual rate in Congo Basin was 0.13 per cent between 1990 and 2000 and it doubled in the period of 2000-2005.
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