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 <title>Forest Atlas of the Democratic Republic of Congo/L’Atlas Forestier Interactif de la République Démocratique du Congo</title>
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&lt;h3&gt;Interactive Map/Carte Interactive&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wri.org/tools/atlas/map.php?maptheme=drcforest&quot;&gt;&lt;div  class=&quot;inline-image center&quot; style=&quot;width: 200px&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/files/wri/DRC_map.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;  width=&quot;200&quot; class=&quot;framed&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wri.org/tools/atlas/map.php?maptheme=drcforest&quot;&gt;Interactive Map/Carte Interactive&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;hr /&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;Desktop Mapping Application/Application de Bureau&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Coming Soon/À Venir&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;hr /&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;GIS Data/Données SIG&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Download all spatial data in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Atlas (shapefile and raster format in zip archives).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Télécharger les données spatiales de l’Atlas de la République Démocratique du Congo (formats shapefiles et rasters dans les archives .zip)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Latest Version/Dernière Version&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;filelink filelink_zip&quot; href=&quot;http://data.wri.org/Forest_Atlas/DRC/GIS_Data/RDC_data_2012.zip&quot; title=&quot;(Complete)&quot;&gt;(Complete)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;filelink_description&quot;&gt;(ZIP archive, 43.2&amp;nbsp;Mb)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.wri.org/Forest_Atlas/DRC/GIS_Data/RDC_hydrographie_2012.zip&quot;&gt;Hydrography/Hydrographie&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.wri.org/Forest_Atlas/DRC/GIS_Data/RDC_infrastructure_2012.zip&quot;&gt;Infrastructure/Infrastructure&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.wri.org/Forest_Atlas/DRC/GIS_Data/RDC_permis_artisanal_2012.zip&quot;&gt;Artisanal Permit/Permis Artisanal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.wri.org/Forest_Atlas/DRC/GIS_Data/RDC_projet_redd_2012.zip&quot;&gt;REDD project/Projet REDD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.wri.org/Forest_Atlas/DRC/GIS_Data/RDC_titre_forestier_2012.zip&quot;&gt;Forest Title/Titre Forestier&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.wri.org/Forest_Atlas/DRC/GIS_Data/RDC_unite_administrative_2012.zip&quot;&gt;Administrative Unit/Unité Administrative&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.wri.org/Forest_Atlas/DRC/GIS_Data/RDC_vegetation_2012.zip&quot;&gt;Vegetation/Végétation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.wri.org/Forest_Atlas/DRC/GIS_Data/RDC_zone_conflit_2012.zip&quot;&gt;Potential land use conflict/Potentiel conflit d’usage d’utilisation des terres&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;hr /&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;Complete Atlases/Atlas Complets&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;filelink filelink_zip&quot; href=&quot;http://data.wri.org/Forest_Atlas/DRC/Complete_Atlas/DRC_Atlas_V1.zip&quot; title=&quot;Version 1&quot;&gt;Version 1&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;filelink_description&quot;&gt;(ZIP archive, 1016.4&amp;nbsp;Mb)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;hr /&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;Posters: Forest Land Allocation in Democratic Republic of Congo/Affection Forestière en République Démocratique du Congo&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2011:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.wri.org/Forest_Atlas/DRC/Poster/RDC_poster_2011_Fr.pdf&quot;&gt;French&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2009:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.wri.org/Forest_Atlas/DRC/Poster/RDC_poster_2009_Fr.pdf&quot;&gt;French&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2008:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.wri.org/Forest_Atlas/DRC/Poster/RDC_poster_2008_Fr.pdf&quot;&gt;French&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2007:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.wri.org/Forest_Atlas/DRC/Poster/RDC_poster_2007_Fr.pdf&quot;&gt;French&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Forest Atlas of the Democratic Republic of Congo is a living forest information system, which combines the use of remote sensing, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and ground-truthing to monitor and sustainably manage forests. Through a combination of interactive mapping applications, posters, analytical reports, trainings, and outreach, the Atlas provides users with access to timely, accurate, and harmonized information about land-use allocation (forest concessions, protected areas, etc.) in the national forest estate through a user-friendly and publicly accessible format.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Through the Interactive Forest Atlas and capacity building of forest stakeholders in remote sensing, GIS, and forest information management, WRI and the Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism (MECNT) are working together to improve the quality and availability of information in the forest sector to support transparent and participatory decision-making towards sustainable forest management in the Democratic Republic of Congo.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;L’Atlas Forestier Interactif de la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) est un système continu d’information forestière qui combine l’utilisation de la télédétection, les Systèmes d’Information Géographique (SIG) et les vérifications de terrain pour le suivi et la gestion durable des forêts. A travers ses produits constitués de cartes interactives, posters et rapports analytiques, l’Atlas donne aux utilisateurs l&amp;#8217;accès à une information actualisée, précise et harmonisée sur l’allocation des terres (concessions forestières, aires protégées, etc.) dans le domaine forestier de l’Etat sous un format convivial et accessible au public.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;A travers l’Atlas Forestier Interactif et le renforcement des capacités des acteurs du secteur forestier en télédétection, en Système d’Information Géographique (SIG) et en gestion de l’information forestière, WRI et le Ministère de l’Environnement,  Conservation de la Nature et Tourisme (MECNT) travaillent de concert afin d’améliorer la qualité et la disponibilité de l’information dans le secteur forestier en appui à une prise de décision informée et participative pour une gestion durable des forêts en République Démocratique du Congo.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <title>Coming Soon: Global Forest Watch 2.0</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to the home of &lt;strong&gt;Global Forest Watch 2.0&lt;/strong&gt;, a powerful near real-time forest monitoring system that unites satellite technology, data sharing, and human networks around the world to fight deforestation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GFW 2.0 is currently under development, and will launch in late 2013.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Read more below, and email &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:&amp;#103;&amp;#102;&amp;#119;&amp;#50;&amp;#64;&amp;#119;&amp;#114;&amp;#105;&amp;#46;&amp;#111;&amp;#114;&amp;#103;&quot;&gt;&amp;#103;&amp;#102;&amp;#119;&amp;#50;&amp;#64;&amp;#119;&amp;#114;&amp;#105;&amp;#46;&amp;#111;&amp;#114;&amp;#103;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; to participate in the pilot testing period or be notified when GFW 2.0 launches. Please note that as we prepare for the launch, the original Global Forest Watch website has been redirected to this page.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Watch a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAgzXKMtsP8&quot;&gt;Short Preview of Global Forest Watch 2.0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; at the UN Forum on Forests 10, in Istanbul.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;iframe width=&quot;640&quot; height=&quot;360&quot; src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/embed/UAgzXKMtsP8?feature=player_profilepage&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcCX6PbIbbc&quot;&gt;Watch the full version here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Speakers:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Zulkifli Hasan&lt;/strong&gt;, Minister of Forestry, Indonesia   &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kerri-Ann Jones&lt;/strong&gt;, Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, U.S. Department of State   &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wu Hongbo&lt;/strong&gt;, Under-Secretary-General, United Nations   &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Naoko Ishii&lt;/strong&gt;, CEO and Chairperson, Global Environment Facility   &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tim Christopherse&lt;/strong&gt;n, Senior Program Officer, Forests and Climate Change, UNEP   &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nigel Sizer&lt;/strong&gt;, Director, Global Forests Initiative, World Resources Institute  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;div  class=&quot;inline-image center&quot; style=&quot;width: 400px&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/files/wri/postcard.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;Photo by David Gilbert&quot;  width=&quot;400&quot; class=&quot;framed&quot; /&gt;&lt;span&gt;Photo by David Gilbert&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;h4&gt;WHY FORESTS, WHY NOW?&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Forests provide food jobs, raw materials, climate benefits and more. But without clear, up-to-date information, governments, companies and communities lack the tools to monitor and manage these resources.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We can track a company’s financial information daily, but information about forests is often years out of date.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Deforestation continues today in part because by the time satellite images are available, analyzed, and shared, the forest clearing is long done.  The illegal loggers have moved on; cattle are already grazing amidst stumps; the oil palm plantation has been established.  We simply find out too late.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;New technologies can overcome these challenges&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Fortunately, a convergence of technologies and human networks offers the ability to address these challenges for the first time:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Advances in satellite and remote sensing technology&lt;/strong&gt;, including the launch of NASA’s Landsat 8 in early 2013, and new private systems, enable higher spatial resolution analysis and much more rapid updates of information.  This has enabled the development of near-real-time forest cover change detection.  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brazilian partner IMAZON&lt;/strong&gt;, is making its Amazon Alert System available through GFW 2.0, and also the DETER system which is innovating in detection of forest degradation.  Brazil has seen a remarkable drop in deforestation in the Amazon of almost 80 percent partly due to improved linked to more effective use of satellite imagery.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cloud computing&lt;/strong&gt; and open source software can now be used to rapidly process and interpret large volumes of satellite data at low cost by utilizing clusters of servers scattered around the world.  Google Earth Engine’s team is partnered with Global Forest Watch 2.0 to optimize easy access to cloud computing-based forest cover information.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;High speed internet connectivity&lt;/strong&gt; enables sending data and forest maps processed in North America, Europe, or Singapore to laptops and mobile phones in Jakarta, Kinshasa, Lima, Vladivostok, and other corners of the globe.  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Smartphones&lt;/strong&gt; are more common than ever and can be used by anyone in the field to download maps and satellite images, as well as upload GPS coordinates and photographs from the ground.  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Crowdsourcing&lt;/strong&gt; using simple web interfaces can empower thousands if not millions of people to gather and share information, participate in forest monitoring, and hold decision-makers accountable.
•   Social media outlets are creating a flat, networked world in which information travels fast, communities self-organize, and people get mobilized.  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h4&gt;ABOUT GLOBAL FOREST WATCH 2.0&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;p&gt;These enhanced technologies and social movements are the foundation for Global Forest Watch 2.0. GFW 2.0 will unite a near-real-time deforestation alert system, complementary satellite imagery and monitoring systems, WRI’s data-rich collection of maps, mobile technology, and a networked world to create never-before-possible transparency for faraway forests.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The platform is currently under development, and will be launched in late 2013.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This powerful new platform will enable responsible companies, NGOs, the media, and progressive government leaders to hold those responsible accountable for forest management.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;GFW 2.0 can be useful to multiple groups of users involved with the sustainable management of forests:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Buyers of sustainable commodities&lt;/strong&gt;.  GFW 2.0 will enable buyers of sustainably sourced commodities―such as certified timber, palm oil, soya, and beef―to confirm adherence to or violations of supplier commitments to “no deforestation,” “no clearing of high conservation value forest,” and related criteria.    &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Suppliers of sustainable commodities&lt;/strong&gt;.  GFW 2.0 will help suppliers of sustainable commodities prove to buyers, investors, governments, and NGOs that their commodities are adhering to best forest management practices, national laws, criteria of the relevant commodity roundtables, or investor lending conditions.    &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Governments.&lt;/strong&gt;  GFW 2.0 is designed to help progressive elements in governments better enforce sustainable forest management and forest protection laws. GFW 2.0 is also designed to be a trusted, independent, and user-friendly way to help investors in REDD+ and other forest conservation projects monitor performance and hold countries accountable to their commitments on greenhouse gas emission reductions and forest conservation.  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Conservation and community organizations&lt;/strong&gt;.  GFW 2.0 will enable NGOs dedicated to forest conservation, indigenous rights, and forest communities to identify deforestation hotspots as they arise and quickly mobilize action to curtail further clearing. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The media&lt;/strong&gt;.  GFW 2.0 will enable local, national, and international media to ring the alarm bell on deforestation hotspots around the globe at a pace never-before-possible, and thereby put pressure on governments, companies, and others to curtail forest conversion and illegal logging in time&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Applying new technology&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;GFW 2.0 combines  satellites, new algorithms, cloud computing, mobile phone technologies, and WRI databases to connect images, maps, photos, and data with forest clearing alerts ultimately within two weeks of significant deforestation occurring.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Because GFW 2.0 will be powered by Google Earth Engine and Earth Builder, it will bring to target users a seamless experience of the best technology offered by WRI, Google, and their partners, as Bloomberg does for the world’s vast, complex array of financial information.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mobilizing human networks&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;GFW 2.0 will mobilize networks of people to ensure sustainable management of forests and greater forest conservation.  Global Forest Watch “anchor” NGOs in each priority country or region, will actively use and contribute content in an open-source, network model.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;These groups will include ScanEx and its non-profit affiliate Transparent World in Russia, Imazon in Brazil and their Amazon-wide network of partners across the seven neighboring countries, the Observatoire Satellital des Forêts d&amp;#8217;Afrique Centrale (OSFAC) which covers the Central Africa region.  More partners in Canada, China, Europe, and the United States are joining every day.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Watch a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/23421580&quot;&gt;Sneak Peek&lt;/a&gt; of GFW 2.0 presented at Rio+20&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;iframe width=&quot;480&quot; height=&quot;302&quot; src=&quot;http://www.ustream.tv/embed/recorded/23421580?ub=85a901&amp;amp;lc=85a901&amp;amp;oc=ffffff&amp;amp;uc=ffffff&amp;amp;v=3&amp;amp;wmode=direct&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot;&gt;    &lt;/iframe&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ustream.tv/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Video streaming by Ustream&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Speakers:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Carlos Souza Jr.&lt;/strong&gt;, Senior Researcher, IMAZON  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Charles Barber&lt;/strong&gt;, Forest Division Chief, Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science, U.S. Department of State   &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rebecca Moore&lt;/strong&gt;, Google   &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nigel Sizer&lt;/strong&gt;, Director, Global Forest Initiative, World Resources Institute&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Watch &lt;a href=&quot;http://unfccc4.meta-fusion.com/kongresse/cop18/templ/create_sse.php?id_kongresssession=5675&amp;amp;theme=unfccc&quot;&gt;UNEP&amp;#8217;s press conference&lt;/a&gt; featuring GFW 2.0 at COP18 in Doha&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://unfccc4.meta-fusion.com/kongresse/cop18/templ/create_sse.php?id_kongresssession=5675&amp;amp;theme=unfccc&quot;&gt;&lt;div  class=&quot;inline-image&quot; style=&quot;width: 388px&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/files/wri/Screenshot.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;  width=&quot;388&quot; class=&quot;framed&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Speakers:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mr. Heru Prasetyo&lt;/strong&gt;, Deputy I, Presidential Delivery Unit on Development Monitoring and Oversight, Government of Indonesia  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tim Christophersen&lt;/strong&gt;, Senior Programme Officer, Forests and Climate Change, UNEP   &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jane Feehan&lt;/strong&gt;, Natural Resources Specialist, European Investment Bank   &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nigel Sizer&lt;/strong&gt;, Director, Global Forest Initiative, World Resources Institute&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Watch a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/27508692&quot;&gt;Sneak Peek of Global Forest Watch 2.0&lt;/a&gt; at the U.S. Pavilion, COP18 in Doha&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;iframe width=&quot;480&quot; height=&quot;302&quot; src=&quot;http://www.ustream.tv/embed/recorded/27508692?ub=85a901&amp;amp;lc=85a901&amp;amp;oc=ffffff&amp;amp;uc=ffffff&amp;amp;v=3&amp;amp;wmode=direct&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot;&gt;    &lt;/iframe&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ustream.tv/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Video streaming by Ustream&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Speakers:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nigel Sizer&lt;/strong&gt;, Director, Forests Initiative, World Resources Institute&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nirarta &amp;#8220;Koni&amp;#8221; Samadhi&lt;/strong&gt;, Head of REDD+ Task Force Working Group on Moratorium Monitoring, Presidential Work Unit on Monitoring and Development Oversight (UKP4), Government of Indonesia&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Per Fredrik Ilsaas Pharo&lt;/strong&gt;, Director, International Climate and Forest Initiative, Norwegian Ministry of the Environment, Government of Norway&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tim Christophersen&lt;/strong&gt;, Senior Program Officer, Forests and Climate Change, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Read more about WRI’s forest work &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wri.org/project/global-forest-watch&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This paper &lt;a href=&quot;http://frameweb.org/CommunityBrowser.aspx?id=9108&quot;&gt;originally appeared&lt;/a&gt; on the Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group website. The full text of the paper is available &lt;a href=&quot;http://frameweb.org/adl/en-US/9108/file/1273/JavelleAG-VeitPV_2012_Managing%20Mining%20n%20Conservation%20in%20DRC.pdf&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;Summary&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;With significant areas of overlapping high biodiversity resources and mineral wealth, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) faces increasing pressure from competing uses of land widely considered incompatible. This policy paper reviews the rise of commercial mining and the mining concessions afforded ostensibly at the expense of conservation efforts where protected areas and mining permits overlap. The paper highlights the need for the DRC to review and harmonize multiple and often contradictory laws, strengthen land use laws, and build implemetation and enforcement capacity.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://frameweb.org/adl/en-US/9108/file/1273/JavelleAG-VeitPV_2012_Managing%20Mining%20n%20Conservation%20in%20DRC.pdf&quot;&gt;Read the full paper&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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 <title>New Map Viewer Shows Development in the Forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;WRI and the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation, and Tourism (MECNT) are pleased to announce the release of the interactive map viewer for the Forest Atlas of the Democratic Republic of Congo.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fr&quot;&gt;En Français&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Government of DRC faces many challenges in developing comprehensive forest management and zoning processes, as well as the day-to-day monitoring of forest-based activities such as logging, mining and agriculture. In 2006, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mecnt.cd/&quot;&gt;MECNT&lt;/a&gt; partnered with WRI to develop the Interactive Forest Atlas as a freely and publicly available resource. The interactive map viewer provides a way to explore the Atlas in detail online.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class=&quot;sidebar_text shaded left small&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;wrapper clear-block&quot; style=&quot;width:200px&quot;&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;Interactive Map&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/tools/atlas/map.php?maptheme=drcforest&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;div  class=&quot;inline-image center&quot; style=&quot;width: 180px&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/files/wri/drc_map_viewer.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;  width=&quot;180&quot; class=&quot;framed&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;/tools/atlas/map.php?maptheme=drcforest&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Interactive Map&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Explore our interactive map viewer to examine in detail 
logging concessions, protected areas, and forest change 
in the Democratic Republic of Congo (in both English and 
French).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Covering two-thirds of the country’s territory, the forests of the DRC are home to a wealth of biodiversity and serve as one of the planet’s major forest &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wri.org/chart/us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-sinks-2006&quot;&gt;carbon sinks&lt;/a&gt;. These forests also support the livelihoods of tens of millions of Congolese citizens, including many of the poor.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The map viewer features data on &lt;strong&gt;roads, logging and mining concessions, protected areas and detailed forest change&lt;/strong&gt;. Map layers are arranged into a menu of options that allow users to view the information by themes such as forest zoning, timber production, mining and forest cover change.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;MECNT and WRI collaborated to produce the map layers on forest development, while forest change data was provided by the project &lt;em&gt;Forêts d’Afrique Centrale Evaluées par Télédétection&lt;/em&gt; (FACET), an initiative of the &lt;em&gt;Observatoire Satellital des Forêts d&amp;#8217;Afrique Centrale&lt;/em&gt; (OSFAC), South Dakota State University (SDSU), the University of Maryland (UMD) with support from USAID’s Central African Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE). The FACET data can also be viewed on the UMD &lt;a href=&quot;http://congo.iluci.org/carpemapper&quot;&gt;CARPE Mapper&lt;/a&gt; website.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Users can click on forest concessions or protected areas for further information. The transparency of map layers is adjustable to view the base map data underneath; for example, logging concessions may be made transparent to view logging roads visible on satellite imagery beneath them. Any of the map themes can also be viewed in Google Earth, and GIS datasets used in the map are &lt;a href=&quot;/publication/interactive-forest-atlas-democratic-republic-of-congo&quot;&gt;available for download&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For users with online connectivity, this interactive map viewer is a simplified and easy-to-use version of the more exhaustive information found in the &lt;a href=&quot;/publication/interactive-forest-atlas-democratic-republic-of-congo&quot;&gt;Interactive Forest Atlas of DRC&lt;/a&gt; - version 1.0, CD and overview report.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div  class=&quot;inline-image right half&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/files/wri/drc_map_screenshot.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;The &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;/tools/atlas/map.php?maptheme=drcforest&amp;quot;&amp;gt;interactive map&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; shows FACET forest change data from 2000 to 2010 for the Democratic Republic of Congo.&quot;  class=&quot;half framed&quot; /&gt;&lt;span&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;/tools/atlas/map.php?maptheme=drcforest&quot;&gt;interactive map&lt;/a&gt; shows FACET forest change data from 2000 to 2010 for the Democratic Republic of Congo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Easier access to current forest land allocation in the DRC will help the government improve land use planning, monitoring, and resolution of conflicts over resources in areas of overlapping claims.  It will also help local NGOs and communities understand government actions and defend their access rights.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The DRC Forest Atlas map viewer is the first in a series of interactive maps focusing on forest developments and change.  Over the coming months, additional map viewers will be available for other central African countries and Indonesia.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The map viewer was developed with the generous support of USAID CARPE, the MacArthur Foundation, ESRI and ERDAS.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;h3 id=&quot;fr&quot;&gt;Développement d’un nouvel outil de visualisation cartographique pour les Forêts de la République Démocratique du Congo&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;WRI et le Ministère de l’Environnement, Conservation de la Nature et Tourisme (MECNT) de la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC), ont le plaisir d’annoncer la sortie de l’outil de visualisation de la carte interactive de &lt;em&gt;l’Atlas Forestier de la République Démocratique du Congo&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class=&quot;sidebar_text shaded small&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;wrapper clear-block&quot; style=&quot;width:200px&quot;&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;Carte interactive&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/tools/atlas/map.php?maptheme=drcforest&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;div  class=&quot;inline-image center&quot; style=&quot;width: 180px&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/files/wri/drc_map_viewer.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;  width=&quot;180&quot; class=&quot;framed&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;/tools/atlas/map.php?maptheme=drcforest&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Carte interactive&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Explorez notre carte interactive pour observer en détail
les concessions forestières, les aires protégées et l’évolution
du couvert forestier en République Démocratique du Congo
(en Français et Anglais).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Recouvrant les deux tiers du territoire du pays, les forêts de la RDC abritent une riche biodiversité et fait office d&amp;#8217;un des plus grands puits de carbone forestier de la planète. Ces forêts assurent également les moyens de subsistance de dizaines de millions de citoyens congolais, y compris les plus pauvres d’entre eux.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Le Gouvernement de la RDC relève de nombreux défis quant au développement de la gestion forestière globale et du processus de zonage, ainsi que du suivi au jour le jour des activités telles que l&amp;#8217;exploitation forestière, minière et l&amp;#8217;agriculture. En 2006, le MECNT a établi un partenariat avec WRI pour développer l&amp;#8217;Atlas Forestier interactif en tant que ressource disponible librement et publiquement. La visualisation cartographique interactive permet d&amp;#8217;explorer en détail l&amp;#8217;Atlas en ligne.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;L’outil de visualisation de cartes présente des données sur les routes, sur les concessions forestières et minières, les zones protégées et le détail de l’évolution forestière. Les couches cartographiques sont disposées dans un menu d&amp;#8217;options qui permet aux utilisateurs d&amp;#8217;afficher les informations par thèmes tels que le zonage forestier, la production de bois, les mines et l’évolution du couvert forestier.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Le MECNT et le WRI ont collaboré pour produire les couches de la carte du développement forestier, tandis que les données sur l’évolution forestière ont été fournies par le projet &lt;em&gt;Forêts d’Afrique Centrale Evaluées par Télédétection&lt;/em&gt; (FACET), une initiative de &lt;em&gt;l&amp;#8217;Observatoire Satellital des Forêts d&amp;#8217;Afrique Centrale&lt;/em&gt; (OSFAC), l’Université d’État du Dakota du Sud (SDSU), l&amp;#8217;Université de Maryland (UMD) avec l&amp;#8217;appui de l&amp;#8217;USAID via le Programme régional pour l’environnement en Afrique centrale (CARPE). Les données FACET peuvent également être consulté sur le site Internet cartographique de l’UMD CARPE.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Les observateurs de la carte peuvent cliquer sur les concessions forestières ou sur les zones protégées pour de plus amples renseignements et peuvent choisir entre différentes options telles que l’affichage en fond d’images satellites récentes ou une carte routière. La transparence des couches de la carte peut être facilement ajustée pour afficher les données cartographiques de base en dessous, par exemple, les concessions d&amp;#8217;exploitation forestière peuvent être rendues transparentes pour afficher les chemins d&amp;#8217;exploitation visible sur les images satellite. Tous les thèmes de la carte peuvent être visualisés sur Google Earth à l’aide d’un simple clic bouton. Nous avons également mis à disposition en téléchargement l’ensemble des données SIG utilisées dans la carte.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Pour les utilisateurs connectés en ligne, cette carte interactive est une version simplifiée et facile d’utilisation de l&amp;#8217;information exhaustive de l&amp;#8217;Atlas Forestier interactif de la RDC - la version 1.0, CD-Rom et rapport de synthèse.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Un accès simplifié à l&amp;#8217;attribution en cours des terrains forestiers en RDC aidera le gouvernement à améliorer l&amp;#8217;aménagement du territoire, le suivi et la résolution des conflits sur les ressources dans les zones de chevauchement des revendications. Il aidera également les ONG locales et les communautés à comprendre les actions du gouvernement et de défendre leurs droits d&amp;#8217;accès.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;L’outil de visualisation de l’Atlas Forestier interactif est le premier du genre à mettre l&amp;#8217;accent sur le développement et l&amp;#8217;évolution forestière. Au cours des prochains mois, d’autres visionneurs cartographique en ligne seront disponibles pour d&amp;#8217;autres pays d&amp;#8217;Afrique centrale et l’Indonésie.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;L’outil de visualisation cartographique a été développé avec le soutien généreux de l&amp;#8217;USAID-CARPE, la Fondation MacArthur, ESRI et ERDAS.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;hr /&gt;

&lt;div  class=&quot;inline-image left third&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/files/wri/usaid_logo.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;Generous support for these projects has been provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).&quot;  class=&quot;third framed&quot; /&gt;&lt;span&gt;Generous support for these projects has been provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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 <title>New Interactive Atlas Will Help Democratic Republic of Congo Manage Forests</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The government and people of the Democratic Republic of Congo can now track and monitor forests and logging concessions in the world&amp;#8217;s second largest rain forest.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fr&quot;&gt;En Français&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In January, WRI and the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation, and Tourism (MECN-T) launched the first-ever &lt;a href=&quot;/publication/interactive-forest-atlas-democratic-republic-of-congo&quot;&gt;DRC Interactive Forest Atlas&lt;/a&gt; - a unique GIS-based mapping and information system designed to shed light on the country’s logging activities.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class=&quot;sidebar_text shaded left small&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;wrapper clear-block&quot; style=&quot;width:200px&quot;&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;Interactive Map&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/tools/atlas/map.php?maptheme=drcforest&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;div  class=&quot;inline-image center&quot; style=&quot;width: 180px&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/files/wri/drc_map_viewer.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;  width=&quot;180&quot; class=&quot;framed&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;/tools/atlas/map.php?maptheme=drcforest&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Interactive Map&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Explore our interactive map viewer to examine in detail 
logging concessions, protected areas, and forest change 
in the Democratic Republic of Congo (in both English and 
French).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Covering two-thirds of the country’s territory, the forests of the DRC are home to a wealth of biodiversity and serve as one of the planet’s major terrestrial &lt;a href=&quot;/chart/us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-sinks-2006&quot;&gt;carbon sinks&lt;/a&gt;.  In addition to supplying valuable wood products on the international market, the DRC’s forests support the livelihoods of tens of millions of Congolese citizens.
Historically, the DRC has experienced low levels of industrial deforestation, primarily due to the high cost of transporting forest resources out of the country and decades of warfare.  However, with peace and relative political stability returning to the region, local and international eyes have turned to the wealth of forest resources available within the DRC’s borders.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Buoyed by a rebound in international demand for wood products, particularly from Asian markets, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ihb.de/wood/news/logs_softwood_plywood_25139.html&quot;&gt;industrial logging activities are again expanding&lt;/a&gt; across the DRC and the greater Congo Basin.  Infrastructure improvements designed to increase rural accessibility and economic integration have accelerated forest degradation in even the most remote areas of the DRC.   Access roads for extractive purposes and tracts cleared for local agricultural activities have fragmented large parts of the forest canopy, and significant charcoal demand from the urban centers, combined with a growing subsistence agrarian population, have made smallholder land a primary threat for forest degradation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;These factors, combined with increasing demand for forest conversion to industrial plantations for palm oil and other products, means that the integrity of the DRC’s forests hangs in a critical balance.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Recognizing the important role of – and demands on – its forest ecosystems, the DRC has partnered with the international community to improve forest sector governance and management.  In 2002, the government enacted a new Forest Code that mandated a broad list of environmental, management and social requirements that would now apply to all logging operation titles in the DRC.  In 2005, the DRC launched a multi-stakeholder forest title conversion process, or legal review, designed to evaluate the compliance of existing logging titles (allocated under the previous regulatory framework), in view of converting those “compliant” titles into new forest concessions, in line with the new Forest Code.  Monitored by WRI, national NGOs and other international actors, this conversion process culminated in the cancellation of 91 out of the 156 titles submitted for conversion&lt;sup id=&quot;fnref:1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#fn:1&quot; rel=&quot;footnote&quot;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;.  The process was carried out with an unprecedented degree of transparency and broad multi-stakeholder participation in the DRC’s forest sector.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;inline inline-center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/map/la-republique-democratique-du-congo-portrait-extensif-de-laffectation-du-domaine-forestier-de-le&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.wri.org/files/wri/images/rdc_affectation_du_domaine_forestier.preview.png&quot; alt=&quot;La République Démocratique du Congo: Portrait extensif de l’affectation du Domaine Forestier de l’État: This map from the Interactive Forest Atlas shows where forest concessions, protected areas, and geographic features are located throughout the DRC.&quot; title=&quot;La République Démocratique du Congo: Portrait extensif de l’affectation du Domaine Forestier de l’État: This map from the Interactive Forest Atlas shows where forest concessions, protected areas, and geographic features are located throughout the DRC.&quot;  class=&quot;image image-preview image_map&quot; width=&quot;600&quot; height=&quot;460&quot; nid=&quot;11960&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caption&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;La République Démocratique du Congo: Portrait extensif de l’affectation du Domaine Forestier de l’État: &lt;/strong&gt;This map from the Interactive Forest Atlas shows where forest concessions, protected areas, and geographic features are located throughout the DRC.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Despite these advances, the DRC government still faces a myriad of challenges in developing a comprehensive forest management and zoning process, as well as in the day-to-day monitoring of its forest-based activities such as logging, mining and agriculture. Among the principle obstacles is the lack of sufficient and accessible forest information, in combination with limited technical forest management capacity at national and local levels.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To begin to fill this gap, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mecnt.cd/&quot;&gt;MECN-T&lt;/a&gt; partnered with WRI in 2006 to develop the Interactive Forest Atlas.  Produced with support from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.usaid.gov/&quot;&gt;USAID&lt;/a&gt;, the Atlas is freely and publicly available to any party working or interested in the DRC’s forest sector – affirming the governmnet’s new commitment to transparent resource management.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div  class=&quot;inline-image right half&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/files/wri/drc_atlas_launch.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;Stephen Haykin, two representatives from the Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation, and Tourism, and Pierre Methot at the Atlas launch in Kinshasa.&quot;  class=&quot;half framed&quot; /&gt;&lt;span&gt;Stephen Haykin, two representatives from the Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation, and Tourism, and Pierre Methot at the Atlas launch in Kinshasa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Using a combination of GIS-based interactive maps and data sets, the Atlas and accompanying report provide an accurate presentation of activities occurring within the DRC forest sector.   More specifically, the Interactive Forest Atlas begins to meet the needs of both the Congolese administration and non-governmental actors by integrating forest sector information into one, user-friendly, publicly available resource.  As a “one stop shop” on logging activities, logging operator information, concession boundaries, and protected areas, the Atlas serves as a vehicle to help all stakeholders – from government ministries and private operators to NGOs and local communities – enforce regulations and defend their rights.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Future versions will expand upon the 2009 data included in this premier version.  Through these updates, as well as continuous training of government, civil society, and private actors on how to use the Atlas to address their needs, WRI and MECN-T aim to ensure that the DRC economy develops on a sustainable track – for the benefit of the country’s fragile forests and the livelihoods dependent upon them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The DRC Interactive Atlas is part of WRI&amp;#8217;s suite of country-specific Atlases in the Congo Basin.  WRI, through support from USAID’s CARPE program and in cooperation with local ministries and organizations, has produced and continues to update Atlases in the following countries:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/publication/interactive-forestry-atlas-cameroon-version-2-0&quot;&gt;Cameroon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/publication/interactive-forestry-atlas-gabon&quot;&gt;Gabon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/publication/interactive-forest-atlas-central-african-republic&quot;&gt;Central African Republic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/publication/atlas-forestier-interactif-du-congo-interactive-forest-atlas-congo&quot;&gt;Republic of Congo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

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&lt;h3 id=&quot;fr&quot;&gt;Un atlas interactif aidera la République Démocratique du Congo à mieux gérer ses forêts&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Le gouvernement et la population de la République Démocratique du Congo peuvent désormais suivre et surveiller les forêts et les concessions d&amp;#8217;exploitation forestière de la deuxième forêt tropicale du monde.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class=&quot;sidebar_text shaded small&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;wrapper clear-block&quot; style=&quot;width:200px&quot;&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;Carte interactive&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/tools/atlas/map.php?maptheme=drcforest&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;div  class=&quot;inline-image center&quot; style=&quot;width: 180px&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/files/wri/drc_map_viewer.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;  width=&quot;180&quot; class=&quot;framed&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;/tools/atlas/map.php?maptheme=drcforest&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Carte interactive&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Explorez notre carte interactive pour observer en détail
les concessions forestières, les aires protégées et l’évolution
du couvert forestier en République Démocratique du Congo
(en Français et Anglais).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ce mois-ci, WRI et le Ministère de l&amp;#8217;Environnement, Conservation de la Nature et du Tourisme (MECN-T) de la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) ont lancé le premier Atlas Interactif Forestier de la RDC– un système d&amp;#8217;information basé sur le SIG (Système d’Information Géographique) et la cartographie qui vise à mettre en lumière les activités d’exploitation forestière du pays.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Couvrant les deux tiers du territoire du pays, les forêts de la RDC abritent une forte richesse en terme de biodiversité et possèdent l’une des plus forte réserve de puits de carbone de la planète. En plus de fournir des produits de bois précieux sur le marché international, les forêts de la RDC apportent les moyens de subsistance de dizaines de millions de citoyens congolais. Historiquement, le pays a connu de faibles taux de déforestation industrielle, causé par le coût élevé du transport des ressources forestières en dehors du pays et des décennies de guerre. Cependant, avec la paix et une stabilité politique relative retrouvées dans la région, des regards locaux et internationaux se sont portés vers les ressources forestières disponibles au sein des frontières de la RDC.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Porté par un rebond de la demande internationale de bois de production, en particulier des marchés asiatiques, les activités industrielles d&amp;#8217;exploitation forestière sont maintenant en expansion à travers la RDC et le bassin du Congo. L&amp;#8217;amélioration des infrastructures destinée à accroître l&amp;#8217;accessibilité en milieu rural et l&amp;#8217;intégration économique ont accéléré la dégradation des forêts, même dans les zones les plus reculées de la RDC. Les routes d&amp;#8217;accès à des fins d&amp;#8217;extraction et pour les activités agricoles locales ont fragmenté une grande partie du couvert forestier. De plus, une grande demande de charbon de bois provenant des centres urbains, combinée avec une population de subsistance de plus en plus agraires, ont fait des petits exploitants agricoles la principale menace pour la dégradation forestière.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ces facteurs, combinés à une demande croissante pour la conversion des forêts en plantations industrielles de palmiers à huile et autres produits, signifie que l&amp;#8217;intégrité des forêts de la RDC est menacé.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Reconnaissant le rôle important des écosystèmes forestiers et les menaces auxquelles ces derniers sont confrontés, la RDC a conclu un partenariat avec la communauté internationale pour améliorer la gouvernance et la gestion dans le secteur forestier. En 2002, le gouvernement a adopté un nouveau Code forestier, duquel a émané une liste étendue d’exigences environnementales et sociales qui s&amp;#8217;appliquent désormais à tous les titres d’exploitation forestière du pays. En 2005, la RDC a lancé un processus de conversion des titres forestiers, ou un examen juridique, qui visait à évaluer la conformité des titres d&amp;#8217;exploitation forestière existants (attribué en vertu de l&amp;#8217;ancien cadre réglementaire), en vue de la conversion des titres « conforme » aux nouvelles concessions forestières, découlant du nouveau Code forestier. Surveillé par WRI, les ONG nationales et d&amp;#8217;autres acteurs internationaux, ce processus de conversion a annulé 91 titres sur les 156 titres soumis à conversion. Le processus a été réalisé avec un degré de transparence sans précédent avec une large participation de multiples parties prenantes du secteur forestier.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Malgré ces progrès, le gouvernement est toujours confronté à une myriade de défis pour le développement d&amp;#8217;une gestion forestière globale et d’un processus de zonage, ainsi que dans le suivi au jour le jour de ses activités forestières, telles que l&amp;#8217;exploitation forestière et minière et l&amp;#8217;agriculture. Parmi les principaux obstacles, se trouvent le manque d’information et l’accessibilité des massifs forestiers, en combinaison avec une capacité limitée de la gestion technique forestière au niveau national et local.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Pour commencer à combler cette lacune, le MECN-T a lancé un partenariat avec WRI en 2006 pour développer l’Atlas Interactif Forestier. Cet Atlas, réalisé avec le soutien de USAID, est disponible librement et publiquement à toutes les parties prenantes du secteur forestier de la RDC – ce qui confirme l&amp;#8217;engagement du nouveau gouvernement congolais quant à la gestion transparente de ses ressources.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Par l’utilisation de données de provenances diverses et combinées à un SIG, l&amp;#8217;Atlas et le rapport d&amp;#8217;accompagnement donnent une présentation exacte des activités qui se déroulent au sein du secteur forestier en RDC. Plus précisément, l&amp;#8217;Atlas interactif commence à répondre aux besoins de l&amp;#8217;administration congolaise et des acteurs non-gouvernementaux en intégrant l&amp;#8217;information du secteur forestier dans une seule ressource conviviale et accessible au public. Comme un &amp;#8220;guichet unique&amp;#8221; sur les activités d&amp;#8217;exploitation forestière, l’information sur les opérateurs forestiers, les limites des concessions, et les aires protégées, l&amp;#8217;Atlas est un véhicule pour aider toutes les parties prenantes - des ministères et des opérateurs privés aux ONG et communautés locales – à faire respecter les règlements et défendre leurs droits.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Les futures versions élargiront les données de 2009 inclus dans cette première version. Grâce à ces mises à jour, ainsi que la formation continue du gouvernement, la société civile, et les acteurs publics et privés sur l&amp;#8217;utilisation de l&amp;#8217;Atlas pour répondre à leurs besoins, le WRI et MECN-T visent à veiller à ce que l&amp;#8217;économie de la RDC se développe sur une trajectoire durable - pour les bénéfices des forêts fragiles du pays ainsi que pour les citoyens qui en dépendent pour leur survie.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;L’Atlas interactif de la RDC fait partie d’une collection d’Atlas spécifiques aux pays du Bassin du Congo. WRI, grâce au soutien du programme d’USAID CARPE et en coopération avec les ministères et organisations locales, a produit et continue de mettre à jour des atlas dans les pays suivants :&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class=&quot;footnotes&quot;&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
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&lt;li id=&quot;fn:1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;16 titles were appealed since the date of this publication and the DRC government is in the process of deeming a number of them “legal” forest concessions&amp;#160;&lt;a href=&quot;#fnref:1&quot; rev=&quot;footnote&quot;&gt;&amp;#8617;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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