(Reuters) - A significant number of logging concessions issued by previous governments in the Democratic Republic of Congo, home to the world's second-largest tropical forest after the Amazon, could be scrapped under a World Bank-sponsored legal review.
"It's very hard to predict, but given the very clear criteria, it is reasonable to expect that a significant amount of the concessions will be canceled," Guiseppe Topa, a forest specialist for Africa at the World Bank, said in an interview with Reuters.
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"It's very hard to predict, but given the very clear criteria, it is reasonable to expect that a significant amount of the concessions will be canceled," Guiseppe Topa, a forest specialist for Africa at the World Bank, said in an interview with Reuters.
Read more at Reuters Africa
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