Challenges related to the trade of Forests products in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Abstract

The tropical forest products are among the important international goods which could bring revenues and support to the national economy of the tropical forest producing countries but unfortunately the tropical forests products do not contribute or facilitate the economic development of African countries like in the developed countries. This paper focuses on some of the challenges of the forests products trade in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to bring out the analysis we would like to make. The existing information on the forest exploitation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, based mainly on the bibliographic review were considered. These data are time-series data of secondary source in the range of 2000 to 2015. Both of Ligneous and non-ligneous forest products are very important for the support of people and governments as income sources, food, construction, sports and art materials. These products need a sustainable management and best forest protection whereas they are gotten. Keywords: Forest, challenges, product