The Democratic Republic of Congo's environment minister said on Thursday the country plans to ban all log exports.The country also plans to take measures to lessen threats to its tropical rainforest.The forest takes in carbon dioxide and produces oxygen.It is a major move to fight climate change.Congo is home to the majority of the world’s second-largest rainforest.The country is under pressure to improve how it administers the forest.It is also under pressure to slow down the high rate at which the forest is being destroyed, or deforested.Information from the U.N. shows the deforestation rate has doubled in the last ten years.Eve Bazaiba is the environment minister.She announced the suspension of log exports to reporters in the capital Kinshasa.She did not say when it would come into effect.
