Chapter 15. A Battle to Protect Forests Unfolds in Central Africa Water Quality in the Central African Republic - BORGEN An integrated land degradation and deforestation detection system will be developed for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region plus southern Zaire. Africa has achieved a significant drop in forest losses due to a new satellite system, that sends free alerts when trees are destroyed. But Guyana's program focuses on promoting economic growth while still keeping deforestation low. The NASA Landsat Pathfinder Humid Tropical Deforestation Project was to map deforestation activities in the humid tropics using datasets from both the Landsat TM (Thematic Mapper) and MSS (Multispectral Scanner System). Satellite alerts seen helping fight deforestation in Africa Central African Countries and International Partners Launch Initiative ... The Central Africa Forest Ecosystems Conservation Project Measures to tighten up forest management in Central Africa are being undermined by increasing logging activity, a satellite study reveals. In the late 2000s, a commodity boom spurred a rush of land deals in West and Central Africa for palm oil development, raising fears of deforestation and land grabbing. Numbering a total of 300,000 to 500,000 people, those members of communities from several ethnic groups characterized by their small stature are identified under the generic name of "pygmies" (see WRM Bulletin Nº 119). In the east of the country, for example, more than 3 million people live less than a day's walk from Virunga National Park.Wood from the park's forests is used by many of those people as firewood .
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