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Congo's Environmental Paradox

Paperback • 2016 • 1. edition

Congo's Environmental Paradox

By Theodore Trefon

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About the book

Congo has the natural resources the world needs. Its forests count in the fight against global climate change and its mining sector helps satisfy our addiction to the latest high tech gadgets. Congo's farmers could feed all of Africa's population of over a billion people. The Inga hydroelectric site has the potential to light up the entire continent. These realities are redefining the country's strategic place in a globalized world. Telling a different story about power and nature,

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9781783602438

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Zed Books Ltd

Published year

2016

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1

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Congo's Environmental Paradox

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