Carving Up the Congo

November 182009

http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/congo : International logging companies are causing social chaos and wreaking environmental havoc in the Democratic Republic of Congo, home of the world’s second largest rainforest.

Our film reveals how the World Bank, by far the largest donor to the DRC, is failing to stop this destruction whilst the rainforest is being sold off under the illusion that it will alleviate poverty in one of the poorest countries on Earth.

Duration : 0:8:25


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25 Responses

  1. Moshid88 Says:

    Wow!The Congo is a …
    Wow!The Congo is a really beautiful counrty, however it is sad that it is all overshadowed by the bad things that are going on there.

  2. jacklancescifi Says:

    I love the Congo …
    I love the Congo and all the unique wildlife in it. I just wish I could visit it, but I doubt it will ever happen. I hope greedy ignorant people in power will recognize what I recognize and treat it with more respect?

  3. jacklancescifi Says:

    you need to wake up …
    you need to wake up. you are alive now. things need to be changed by you and me, now. dont let anyone tell you you need to die for anything.

  4. jacklancescifi Says:

    they say the ‘heart …
    they say the ‘heart of darkness’ was brought to the Congo by man, not the other way around ;/

  5. anitaalford Says:

    Hold on my …
    Hold on my beautiful black brothers and sisters. God is on his way to help us soon. We will rule once again in justice with Yahshua. The body have to die so sin can die, but we will be raised and live 4 ever.

  6. tigerone1970 Says:

    Watch this video to …
    Watch this video to see who is behind logging in the DRC:

    Elwin Blattner Merchant of Death
    watch?v=A5yGMIUdf8Y

  7. tigerone1970 Says:

    Google:

    The War …
    Google:

    The War that did not make the Headlines: Over Five Million Dead in Congo?
    Behind the Numbers Redux: How Truth is Hidden, Even When it Seems to Be Told
    by Keith Harmon Snow
    Global Research, January 31, 2008

  8. tigerone1970 Says:

    Western news …
    Western news reports will only report on the sensationalist things that Africans are reported to do to other Africans, but they will never follow the money trail to their own capitals. Or even follow the trail up to the ownership of these concessions in the DRC itself.

    Elwyn Blattner was likely even involved with the assassination of Patrice Lumumba.

  9. tigerone1970 Says:

    Odd of course that …
    Odd of course that even this documentary does not touch on the main logger in the DRC. Google:

    Elwyn Blattner

    The Blattners have been involved in the corrupt exploitation of the Congo when it was still called Zaire.

  10. keir150 Says:

    omg this was i …
    omg this was i couldent eaven watch past 2 seconds.

    P.S you all.

  11. agbadu Says:

    May Jesus Christ …
    May Jesus Christ have mercy on Africa, I’m weeping in my heart because of this video. This is none other than colonialism rearing its insidious head all over again. How long will we Africans have to deal with the greed and reckless disregard of the West for our blessed land and people. May God severely and thoroughly punish the West. It’s already started with this ‘global’ financial meltdown. God taught the West a lesson in WWI, WWII, and the Cold War, but the next one coming will finish…

  12. landminelily Says:

    i’ll thank you to …
    i’ll thank you to shut up about my race, thank you very much.
    you know, it was possible to say that paragraph WITHOUT the racist remark.

  13. reuven2007 Says:

    China?
    China?

  14. reuven2007 Says:

    If you look at the …
    If you look at the arms closely you’ll see that it was made in Russia or China and not the west. Second China is becoming the biggest consumer of Africa’s natural resources and even supplying the arms for the blacks to kill each other and nobody seems to notice…….. Who uses the most cell phones? asians!

  15. GreenpeaceUK Says:

    lambXchop – racist …
    lambXchop – racist comments of any kind are unacceptable and will be removed.

  16. UrEyesRWideShut Says:

    History repeats …
    History repeats itself. Greed, selfishness and a complete disregard for the well being of man and planet allows these people to get away with stealing the land from the people who have learned to live as one with the planet and has not until contaminated had a desire for anything more than that that sustains life. They will now be cheated out of their land, their history and their future. They will now also suffer the same fate as other indigenous people that were victims before them.

  17. RNBlissII Says:

    Mbote Hegemonies,


    Mbote Hegemonies,

    Yo ojali kilikili mingi mpenja. E.U.A. ejali malamu mingi na Congo. Chin ejali mabe mingi na Congo te E.U.A.

  18. hegemonies Says:

    usa and belgium …
    usa and belgium have a pact to extermiante congo to get its resources belgium and usa 80 percent of the metal used in the us army machine come from congo

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  20. GreenpeaceUK Says:

    Hey urlilshawty33 – …
    Hey urlilshawty33 – please don’t bring your biggoted racist attitude on to our video pages ever again, ok?

  21. 54spiritedwill54 Says:

    Is anyone surprised …
    Is anyone surprised the World Bank keeps coming up? These people are blood suckers-they dont care about anyone, any group any race nothing! Savages in fancy cars and homes

  22. Gazyllionaire Says:

    . . . after having …
    . . . after having to face independence, the cold war, then the spill of violence from Rwanda – alone- further deprived the Congo population of their existence. FORGET ABOUT SKIN COLOR COMPLEXES. What’s necessary is for them to make be prepared and make sure [THIS TIME] THAT alien forces will not interrupt or determine their cultural and economic future anywhere.

  23. Gazyllionaire Says:

    . . . after having …
    . . . after having to face the cold war – then the spill of violence from Rwanda further deprived Congolese population of their existence. FORGET ABOUT SKIN COLOR COMPLEXES. What’s necessary is for them to make sure alien forces will not determine their future.

  24. Gazyllionaire Says:

    This is a prime …
    This is a prime example of corruption and expolitation stemming from the Portugese colonialism who enslaved the Congo; after Patrice Lumumba came to power – he was killed by European colonialists – then the cold war came and further disenfranchise and devastated the congolese populations . .

  25. ericerj4141 Says:

    people in the Congo …
    people in the Congo just seem to be that EXTRA black.

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