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Logging, mineral exploitation could erase two-thirds of Congo Basin within just 50 years!
Dec 16 2006, Irani

Do you know, the Congo Basin loses some 3.7 million acres a year to agriculture, logging, road development, oil exploitation and mining? Yes, this is what the WWF’s Central African regional office (CARPO) said in a recent report.

And, if logging...

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