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PBS NewsHour. Widespread logging threatens the Congo Basin's critical rainforest.

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Arlington, VA : NewsHour Productions LLC, 2020.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Rain forest conservation > Congo (Democratic Republic)
Natural resources > Congo (Democratic Republic) > Management.
Logging > Congo (Democratic Republic)
Congo (Democratic Republic) > Economic conditions.
Forêts pluviales > Conservation > Congo (République démocratique)
Ressources naturelles > Congo (République démocratique) > Gestion.
Forêts > Exploitation > Congo (République démocratique)
Congo (République démocratique) > Conditions économiques.
Economic history.
Logging.
Natural resources > Management.
Rain forest conservation.
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Television news programs.
Téléjournaux.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed November 20, 2020).
Physical Description:1 online resource (6 minutes)
Playing Time:00:05:26