State of the Rainforest 2014
What threatens the rainforest?
Brazilian Amazon: Historic deforestation and today’s threats
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Extractive industries
C AMEROON
G UYANA
V ENEZUELA
S URINAME
F RENCH G UIANA
C OLOMBIA
R EPUBLIC OF C ONGO
G ABON
D EMOCRATIC R EPUBLIC OF THE C ONGO
P ERU
A NGOLA
B OLIVIA
B RAZIL
Concessions
Agriculture (until present) Pasture (until present) Mining, (Mostly exploration; future threats)
Logging Annual artisanal logging
Oil, exploration Mining, exploitation Mining, exploration
Sources: MOABI DRC, accessed August 2014; Ministère des Mines de la RDC, 2010
Source: IBGE online mapping tool, accessed August 2014
Indonesia: Logging and palm oil concessions
P H I L I P P I N E S
South China Sea
Celebes Sea
M A L A Y S I A
Molucca Sea
N EW G UINEA
M OLUCCAS
S UMATRA
B ORNEO
Java Sea
I N D O N E S I A
L ESSER S UNDA I SLANDS
J AVA
Logging concession Oil palm concessions
Source: Margono B.A., et al., Primary forest cover loss in Indonesia over 2000-2012. Nature Climate Change 2014, WRI, Global Forest Watch, accessed August 2014
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STATE OF THE RAINFOREST 2014
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