Timber Production and Ecosystem Functions and Services in the Congo Basin

Industrial logging for timber production has long played a major economic role in the Congo Basin countries. Here, logging for timber production is carried out in two main ways: industrial exploitation, whose products are generally destined for overseas markets, and artisanal exploitation, which primarily supplies national and regional markets. In the Congo Basin, industrial logging takes place in forest concessions. The Congo Basin has 453 forest concessions for a total area of 52,875,107 ha. For the year 2022, the Congo Basin produced 7,960,323 m3 of logs each year. The notion of sustainable forest management has taken root in the Congo Basin with two main variations: better involvement of local populations in forest management and sustainable management of forest concessions. Currently, it can be estimated that 70% of the forest concessions allocated are actually under management.

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