Future Prospects as I See Them

The future prospects for this region are not exactly promising, and in some cases can be seen as bad. Since the 1980's, Africa has had the highest rates of deforestation of any region on the globe, much of which comes from the Congo Basin Rainforest (2). Also, by 2050, it has been estimated that up to 40% of the forest could be either threatened or destroyed, primarily due to logging (1,5). Lately, many of the countries which contain the rainforest have been creating national parks and conserving up to 16% of the forest in such countries as Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and the Central African Republic (2,4). However, the vast majority of these areas are still open to logging and illegal poaching. Many times the laws are not strictly enforced, as the countries are plagued with bad economies and rampant corruption (6). The governments of these countries rely to heavily on the World Bank for funding, which they get through exploiting the logging industry (4,6). Until the economies of these countries improve, their will not be enough of a focus on conservation and apportioning off pieces of land as national parks or protected areas. This, however, spells doom for the rainforest, as civil strifes and mass unemployment keep the economy from growing, which keeps the rainforest under the control of loggers (2). The future for this ecosystem depends on the uplifting of the economy and the strict enforcement of policy by the government, things which, in the past, have not proven very effective. Though recent actions show promise and a foundation has been established through the creation of a national park system, there is a lot of ground to be made up.

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