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Widespread Logging Threatens The Congo Basin's Critical Rainforest

Author: PBS NewsHour

Narrator: PBS NewsHour

Unabridged: 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/24/2020


Synopsis

The Democratic Republic of Congo is a massive country, with a land area the size of Alaska and Texas combined. It’s also home to a large part of the Congo Basin rainforest, a habitat for countless species and a crucial absorber of atmospheric carbon dioxide. But illegal and uncontrolled logging represent major threats to this critical ecosystem. Special correspondent Monica Villamizar reports.

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