Luanda - At a time when the world celebrates the International Day of Forests, marked Thursday (March 21), Angola has the challenge of outlining the best ways to combat the indiscriminate felling of trees and animals, in the country's main forest areas.
In Angola, the phenomenon of forest deforestation has gained alarming and worrying proportions, with the constant increase in the anarchic and unruly exploitation of fauna and flora, putting various species of wildlife at risk.
The province of Cabinda, for example, is one of the areas in the Northern Region of the country that has been a victim of the rampant deforestation of its largest Maiombe forest, a practice that has caused the migration of its faunal resources, such as elephants, gorillas, chimpanzees, parrots, among others, according to the administrator of the Maiombe National Park, José Bizi.
In an interview with ANGOP, as part of the International Day of Forests, the official revealed that the Maiombe National Park is losing several hectares of its forest, due to the irrational exploitation of wood and itinerant agriculture practiced by the villagers./DOJ
