Maps tease apart complex relationship between agriculture and deforestation in DRC

Mongabay
Feb 2, 2018, 11:20 am115 pts
When a farmer cuts down a tree in the Democratic Republic of Congo, there’s often a reason for it. She’s most likely clearing the land to plant crops — the rice and corn and cassava that will see her family through another year. And chances are good that it’s an area she, or her husband or father or…

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