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Drivers of deforestation and threats to the forestand forest-peoples in <strong>DR</strong>C Forest policy focused on industrial exploitation and ‘strict’conservation Industrial logging dominated by foreign companies Artisanal logging expanding rapidly History of creation of park sand reserves without consultation oftraditional customary owners of the land Threats to the forest and forest-peoples Profit from logging has not reached communities – poor benefitsharing Concessions to logging and national parks deprive communities ofland and resources - eviction of local communities from their lands Loss of biodiversity Shifting cultivation and gathering fuelwood/charcoal – reflectsproblem in <strong>DR</strong>C state provision of basic services
State policy in Congo Basin• States retain legal rights to all land and national territories inCongo Basin• Customary rights of communities to land and resources notrecognized – therefore insecure land tenure• Congo Basin governments adopted new Forest Codes and otherlegislation - 1980s-2000s• Focused on industrial exploitation of forest and conservation• Legislation related to forest communities not developed orimplemented• No legislation for ‘indigenous territories’ such as those inBrazil• Only Congo Brazzaville to pass Indigenous Peoples law in 2010
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