Deforestation

a workshop with Parfait Mushanganya from Rise up Congo

Description:

Over the last 10 years, the DRC has been one of the most polluters countries on the planet, not by its greenhouse gas emissions because it does not have any, but by its deforestation which has increased exponentially and which contributes to the release of large quantities of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere and destroys the environment.

This put the country among one of the ten highest deforestation rates in the world, the country has the 2nd largest area of primary forest destroyed in 2020, after Brazil. The destruction of forests, particularly in the event of clearing by fire or by felling trees, causes the formation of greenhouse gases, which are very harmful to the climate, the loss of biodiversity, the appearance of harmful diseases and the health of women and children when cooking with firewood remains in danger.

Despite all this, we also note that the Congo Basin forest is currently under threat, while it is an unrivalled rainfall regulator in the Central African region, while the indigenous peoples who live there suffer human rights abuses and their inhabitants are destroyed every year. Deforestation is one of the major problems threatening not only the planet, but also the Pygmy race.

Language: English

When? February 14, 6:30–8:30pm

Where? Online, dial-in link:https://uni-hamburg.zoom.us/j/64974560620?pwd=76Za33l0qITlFxaxywB6HORaSb45fo.1

Background: Between January 31 and February 16 the Anti-Racism-Weeks will take place - be there and join the online events.