Managing Tropical Forest Ecosystems

It is clearly demonstrated that deforestation and forest degradation stem from the complex interaction of both direct factors and indirect or underlying factors. The direct causes of deforestation and forest degradation are: peasant agriculture, industrial agriculture, planned and unplanned logging, wood-energy (firewood and charcoal), mining (Industrial, semi-industrial and artisan), infrastructure and urbanization. The indirect causes of deforestation and forest degradation are: low weak governance, lack of policy coordination and land-use planning, poverty and insufficient conditions conducive to Sustainable economic activities, population growth and the evolution of global prices and markets. One of Republic of Congös REDD+ National strategies is the Sustainable management and valorization of forest resources. It is a question of building sustainable forest management and ecosystems through a participatory and inclusive process, including: promoting sustainable forest development and improving wood logging techniques of work, the promotion of biodiversity conservation, the promotion and enhancement of NWFPS and the increasing of carbon stocks.