Fuelwood in the Congo
- Created by: Polly
- Created on: 20-04-15 18:02
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- Fuelwood in the Congo
- Traditional Farming
- Trees used as firewood for cooking (over 90% of energy comes from firewood)
- Cattle dung fertilizes soil
- Crops grow due to fertilised soil
- Feed cattle
- Cattle dung fertilizes soil
- Feed cattle
- Deforestation
- Causes
- Civil war
- People forced to leave homes
- Go to rainforests
- Collect fuelwood and charcoal/ hunt bushmeat
- Go to rainforests
- People forced to leave homes
- Civil war
- Effects
- Deforestation means no firewood
- Cattle dung used for fuel
- Soil not fertilised
- Crops don't grow
- Cattle have no food and die
- Crops don't grow
- Soil not fertilised
- Cattle dung used for fuel
- Many rare species of animal become extinct (e.g. mountain gorilla)
- Desertification
- Deforestation means no firewood
- Causes
- Traditional Farming
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