CONGO, 27th Sept 2012: Tree trunks in a logging concession's timber yard awaiting cutting before being shipped out of the country for export.

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CONGO, 27th Sept 2012: Tree trunks in a legal logging concession's timber yard awaiting cutting before being shipped out of the country for export. this area is in the world's second-largest rainforest, the Western Congo Basin Moist Forest in Central Africa. This region, one of the richest eco-regions in Africa in terms of biodiversity, faces increasingly severe threats from commercial logging and mining. The area is also a target for large-scale commercial hunting of wild meat and ivory, which often uses logging concession access roads.

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Location: Congo Brazzaville
Photo credit: © Mike Goldwater / Alamy / Afripics
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