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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