The Mysterious, Majestic Kongo River / Photo Gallery. - Page 5

screenshotartist · May 14th, 2011, 02:49 AM

Images courtesy of; www.thebigafricacycle.com

screenshotartist · May 14th, 2011, 03:02 AM

More images by; www.thebigafricacycle.com

Pre-Colonial Church far in the Jungles and Villages.

screenshotartist · May 14th, 2011, 03:34 AM

The Rain-forest

screenshotartist · June 23rd, 2011, 03:01 PM

Masisi

The greenest place on earth

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image hosted on flickr

Linguine · July 21st, 2011, 06:36 AM

Beautiful landscape and nature pics....thanks.

Angalisho · September 23rd, 2011, 12:53 PM

That's for sure, the Almighty had blessed our country...It could be almost like a paradise...Check this out fellas!

ILOVERDC13 · September 23rd, 2011, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Angalisho

That's for sure, the Almighty had blessed our country...It could be almost like a paradise...Check this out fellas!

That's a beautiful video, i loved it

***Broda-Man*** · September 23rd, 2011, 08:30 PM

Beautiful indeed !

Pius · September 23rd, 2011, 11:50 PM

Fantastic video, beautiful Kivu!

Newcongo · November 4th, 2011, 04:52 PM

DR Congo seeks to keep its green lung breathing
By Habibou Bangre (AFP) – 10 hours ago
KINSHASA — Forest conservation is a major challenge for the Democratic Republic of Congo, the world's second biggest green lung after the Amazon, amid a paucity of energy production and renewable alternatives.
The country's massive tropical forest, four times the size of France, covers some 1.55 million square kilometres (600,000 square miles), mainly in the north.
It includes most of the Congo basin which is the second-largest oxygen supplier on earth after the Amazon forest.
For the time being this green capital, home of the greatest biodiversity in Africa, remains "relatively intact", according to Achim Steiner, the executive director of the UN's environment programme (UNEP), who gave a presentation in Kinshasa this month.
However "the intensification of deforestation in response to a growing energy demand", as well as the spread of slash and burn farming were "alarming signs", he added.
Only nine percent of the 62 million Congolese have access to electricity despite the 100,000 megawatt potential of the Inga dam on the mighty Congo River, underexploited due to a lack of equipment and maintenance.
Therefore the people cut down some 400,000 hectares (988,000 acres) of forest every year just for their heating and lighting needs, according the UNEP.
"Conservation is directly linked to development, because if there's no energy how can you stop the people from going and chopping down the forest for firewood? It's impossible," Environment Minister Jose Endundo said.
He insisted however that "we are evolving towards a green economy," under the aegis of the United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD), foreseeing a multiplication of initiatives for reforestation and the use of less polluting energy sources.
At Nsele, in Kinshasa province, a pilot project for "integrated bio-economic" farming has been imported from Ethiopia.
With UN support it, for example, recycles pig urine to produce a biogas for braziers and lamps.
"We have the capacity to stock 50,000 cubic metres," explained Getachew Tikubet, the Ethiopian behind the project which is also being tested in provinces in the country's east and west.
Around Ibi Village, also in Kinshasa, is another preservation project.
There it is planned to plant a forest of acacia trees, surrounded by manioc, to provide a 4,200-hectare forest for energy use, at the same time trapping in five years a million tonnes of carbon dioxide.
The World Bank's BioCarbon Fund, along with French enterprise Orbeo, -- a joint venture between chemical group Rhodia and Societe Generale bank -- have each bought "500,000 tonnes" of carbon credits to resell to polluters to recompense their greenhouse gas emissions, the Ibi Village project head Delly Kayuka told AFP.
However Kayuka voiced his disappointment at the asking price, at $4 dollars per tonne of CO2.
According to the UNEP the Democratic Republic of Congo's reserves of carbon dioxide, estimated at over 27 million tonnes, could generate up to $900 million per year up to 2030.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp...cd3cffed5a.3a1

Just thought it was an interesting article don't know if i have put it in the right thread lol

BUTEMBO21 · December 25th, 2011, 04:59 PM

http://users.skynet.be/p.woinin/zcriver.jpg

BUTEMBO21 · December 26th, 2011, 03:20 AM

Bana bandundu.

BUTEMBO21 · December 26th, 2011, 03:21 AM

Bana Bandundu.

BUTEMBO21 · December 26th, 2011, 03:23 AM

Bana Bandundu.

MotoPamba · December 28th, 2011, 10:27 AM

This is one of the main reasons why I wanna move back so bad. There is always a river close by. I have always thought of Congolese as people of the water. (Bato ya mai)

BUTEMBO21 · July 1st, 2012, 08:00 AM

Near Kisangani.

Pius · July 29th, 2012, 03:56 PM

One of the powerful Zongo waterfalls (Lower Congo)

tomno · March 8th, 2013, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BUTEMBO21

City of Boma( Pop: 350,000) on One of my fav pix.

absolute beauty.

Why the peaks are naked ?? The environment has lost much of its beauty ...

tomno · March 9th, 2013, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by screenshotartist

Masisi
The greenest place on earth
image hosted on flickr

]

Hi !

Hello - it was to be the joke ? Well the green long gone - and ... ? Where is symbol the Congo: the green paradise of trees ?

BUTEMBO21 · March 9th, 2013, 09:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomno

Hi !

Hello - it was to be the joke ? Well the green long gone - and ... ? Where is symbol the Congo: the green paradise of trees ?

You expect trees on ranches and farmland? There are greenery with trees everywhere.

May 14th, 2011, 02:49 AM	#81
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May 14th, 2011, 03:02 AM	#82
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May 14th, 2011, 03:34 AM	#83
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September 23rd, 2011, 12:53 PM	#86
Angalisho Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 219 Likes (Received): 8	God blessed us! That's for sure, the Almighty had blessed our country...It could be almost like a paradise...Check this out fellas!

September 23rd, 2011, 08:30 PM	#88
*Broda-Man* Moderator Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Lubumbashi Posts: 950 Likes (Received): 3	Beautiful indeed ! __________________ Wanna test a man's faithfulness ? Just give him power and money.

September 23rd, 2011, 11:50 PM	#89
Pius The Urban Man Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 2,715 Likes (Received): 79	Fantastic video, beautiful Kivu!

November 4th, 2011, 04:52 PM	#90
Newcongo Registered User Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 98 Likes (Received): 1	DR Congo seeks to keep its green lung breathing By Habibou Bangre (AFP) – 10 hours ago KINSHASA — Forest conservation is a major challenge for the Democratic Republic of Congo, the world's second biggest green lung after the Amazon, amid a paucity of energy production and renewable alternatives. The country's massive tropical forest, four times the size of France, covers some 1.55 million square kilometres (600,000 square miles), mainly in the north. It includes most of the Congo basin which is the second-largest oxygen supplier on earth after the Amazon forest. For the time being this green capital, home of the greatest biodiversity in Africa, remains "relatively intact", according to Achim Steiner, the executive director of the UN's environment programme (UNEP), who gave a presentation in Kinshasa this month. However "the intensification of deforestation in response to a growing energy demand", as well as the spread of slash and burn farming were "alarming signs", he added. Only nine percent of the 62 million Congolese have access to electricity despite the 100,000 megawatt potential of the Inga dam on the mighty Congo River, underexploited due to a lack of equipment and maintenance. Therefore the people cut down some 400,000 hectares (988,000 acres) of forest every year just for their heating and lighting needs, according the UNEP. "Conservation is directly linked to development, because if there's no energy how can you stop the people from going and chopping down the forest for firewood? It's impossible," Environment Minister Jose Endundo said. He insisted however that "we are evolving towards a green economy," under the aegis of the United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD), foreseeing a multiplication of initiatives for reforestation and the use of less polluting energy sources. At Nsele, in Kinshasa province, a pilot project for "integrated bio-economic" farming has been imported from Ethiopia. With UN support it, for example, recycles pig urine to produce a biogas for braziers and lamps. "We have the capacity to stock 50,000 cubic metres," explained Getachew Tikubet, the Ethiopian behind the project which is also being tested in provinces in the country's east and west. Around Ibi Village, also in Kinshasa, is another preservation project. There it is planned to plant a forest of acacia trees, surrounded by manioc, to provide a 4,200-hectare forest for energy use, at the same time trapping in five years a million tonnes of carbon dioxide. The World Bank's BioCarbon Fund, along with French enterprise Orbeo, -- a joint venture between chemical group Rhodia and Societe Generale bank -- have each bought "500,000 tonnes" of carbon credits to resell to polluters to recompense their greenhouse gas emissions, the Ibi Village project head Delly Kayuka told AFP. However Kayuka voiced his disappointment at the asking price, at $4 dollars per tonne of CO2. According to the UNEP the Democratic Republic of Congo's reserves of carbon dioxide, estimated at over 27 million tonnes, could generate up to $900 million per year up to 2030. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp...cd3cffed5a.3a1 Just thought it was an interesting article don't know if i have put it in the right thread lol

December 25th, 2011, 04:59 PM	#91
BUTEMBO21 Mutu ya Chuma. Join Date: May 2008 Location: Under the Sun and the Moon Posts: 35,495 Likes (Received): 458	http://users.skynet.be/p.woinin/zcriver.jpg

December 26th, 2011, 03:20 AM	#92
BUTEMBO21 Mutu ya Chuma. Join Date: May 2008 Location: Under the Sun and the Moon Posts: 35,495 Likes (Received): 458	Bana bandundu.

December 26th, 2011, 03:21 AM	#93
BUTEMBO21 Mutu ya Chuma. Join Date: May 2008 Location: Under the Sun and the Moon Posts: 35,495 Likes (Received): 458	Bana Bandundu.

December 26th, 2011, 03:23 AM	#94
BUTEMBO21 Mutu ya Chuma. Join Date: May 2008 Location: Under the Sun and the Moon Posts: 35,495 Likes (Received): 458	Bana Bandundu.

December 28th, 2011, 10:27 AM	#95
MotoPamba Moto Pamba Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 54 Likes (Received): 2	This is one of the main reasons why I wanna move back so bad. There is always a river close by. I have always thought of Congolese as people of the water. (Bato ya mai)

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