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Beni
Biambwe
Nitoyo
Opyenge
Luberu
Biundu
Lake
Edward
Lake
Kivu
Rutshuru
Goma
Masisi
Walikale
Biruwe
Bukavu
Kalehe
Virunga
National
Park
Kibale
National Park
Bwindi
Impenetrable
Park
Rwenzori
National Park
Maiko
National Park
Kahuzi-Biega National Park
National Park
Area cotrolled by rebels
Area with strong
rebel in uence
Coltan and
cassiterite mine
Gold mine
Monitored between
1990 and 2003
Reported between 2005
and 2010
Road
Security related incidents
against Humanitarian
Organizations in 2009
and 2010
Deforestation
Mining
Con ict
Sources: UNOCHA
,
series of maps
;
The Woods Hole Research Center,
UNFCCC-COP, Reducing Co
2
Emissions from Deforestation And Degradation
in The Democratic Republic of Congo: A First Look, 2007; Institut Géographi-
que National Congolaise; Global Witness, “Faced with a gun, what can you
do?”, 2009; The Guardian press release; Institute for Environmental Security,
interactive database, accessed in March 2012.
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DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF
THE CONGO
North Kivu
South Kivu
UGANDA
RWANDA
Illegal logging and the Congo con ict