TY - BOOK ID - 11264273 TI - Deforestation trends in the Congo Basin : reconciling economic growth and forest protection AU - Megevand, Carole. AU - Mosnier, Aline. AU - World Bank. PY - 2013 SN - 0821397427 0821397788 PB - Washington, DC : World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Deforestation -- Economic aspects -- Africa, Central. KW - Economic development -- Africa, Central. KW - Forest degradation -- Africa, Central. KW - Forest protection -- Africa, Central. KW - Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (Program). KW - Deforestation KW - Forest protection KW - Forest degradation KW - Economic development KW - Earth & Environmental Sciences KW - Forestry KW - Economic aspects KW - Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (Program) KW - Development, Economic KW - Economic growth KW - Growth, Economic KW - Degradation, Forest KW - Degraded forests KW - Protection of forests KW - Conversion, Forest KW - Depletion of forests KW - Disforestation KW - Forest conversion KW - Forest depletion KW - Forest-land conversion KW - REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) KW - REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) KW - UN-REDD (Program) KW - United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries KW - Reducción de Emisiones para Deforestación y Degradación (Program) KW - Réduction des émissions liées à la déforestation et à la dégradation des forêts (Program) KW - Mpango wa Kupunguza Uzalishaji wa Hewa ya Ukaa Kutokana na Ukataji na Uharibifu wa Misitu KW - MKUHUMI (Mpango wa Kupunguza Uzalishaji wa Hewa ya Ukaa Kutokana na Ukataji na Uharibifu wa Misitu) KW - Economic policy KW - Economics KW - Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) KW - Development economics KW - Resource curse KW - Environmental degradation KW - Forest conservation KW - Forest management KW - Plants, Protection of KW - Clearing of land KW - Forest fires KW - Plants KW - Control KW - Extinction KW - Programa ONU-REDD UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:11264273 AB - The Congo Basin forests have been mainly ""passively"" protected by chronic political instability and conflict, poor infrastructure, and poor governance. Congo Basin countries thus still fit the profile of high forest cover/ low deforestation (HFLD) countries. However, there are signs that Congo Basin forests are under increasing pressure from a variety of sources, including mineral extraction, road development, agribusiness, and biofuels, in addition to subsistence agricultural expansion and charcoal collection.Congo Basin countries are now at a crossroad - they are not yet locked into a deve ER -