Congo Seeks $2.6 Billion To Replant Its Forests

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congo deforestation image image: Google Earth Brazil and Indonesia get most of the public attention when it comes to deforestation, but the issue is also huge in parts of Africa. Now the Republic of the Congo (not to be confused with its much larger neighbor, the Democratic Republic of the Congo) wants to do something about that and hopes to raise $2.6 billion to replant parts of the second large forest in the world over the next 10 years....Read the full story on TreeHugger