With high food prices set to continue, UN agencies issue call to action
10 October 2011 –
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has the capacity to become the driving force of Africa’s economic
development if its vast forests, water resources and trillions of dollars worth of mineral reserves are
used prudently,
according to the findings of a United Nations assessment released today.
The DRC has half of Africa’s forests and water resources, but faces alarming rates of deforestation, species depletion, heavy metal pollution and land degradation from mining,
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