Publication date: 2009, November
Author: HBS
Description: One country with very poor energy access is Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), a small central African state where 70% of the population live under the poverty line, despite the country’s oil wealth. Congo, besides being sub-Saharan Africa’s fifth largest oil producer, is also rich in the biodiversity of its forests, which cover two thirds of the country. The Congo Basin forest is both a key resource for local people and a giant carbon sink that plays an increasingly vital role in protecting our climate.
