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Logging Accelerating in Central Africa

Caption: Image of Logging concessions and road distribution in Central Africa: Cameroon (labeled on the map as 1), Central African Republic (2), Equatorial Guinea (3), Gabon (4), Republic of Congo (5), and Democratic Republic of Congo (6). This image relates to article that appeared in the June 8, 2007, issue of the journal Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Nadine Laporte and colleagues of Woods Hole Research Center in Falmouth, Mass., was titled "Expansion of Industrial Logging in Central Africa."

Credit: Image provided by Nadine Laporte, WHRC, via Science-AAAS.

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