Written question asked by Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative) on Wednesday, 7 July 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 July 2010. It was answered by Stephen O'Brien (Conservative) on Thursday, 15 July 2010 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Democratic Republic of Congo: Forestry

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what reports his Department has received on the plans of Democratic Republic of Congo's Government to increase the area of that country subject to industrial-scale logging;

Answer: As a participant and member of the World Bank administered Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), the Department for International Development (DFID) has received and reviewed the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) Readiness Preparation Proposal (R-PP), submitted for grant funding from the FCPF's Readiness Fund. This document makes reference to the possible extension of DRC's forestry concession, but no time period for possible implementation is given.DFID officials are in contact with the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), who have confirmed that they have no current plans to extend this concession.

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