However there are still a number of threats to the health of the Congo rainforest and its residents. The biggest drivers of deforestation in the Congo rainforest over the past 20 years have been small-scale subsistence agriculture, clearing for charcoal and fuelwood, urban expansion, and mining.
Dr luceros team used looters trenches rather than dig new ones because they wanted to protect the site from further damage. This is because to prevent further destructions from their activity.
