Explanation

(a) Areas of lumbering in Zaire include the forest regions of Huri and Equateur provinces

(b) Factors of lumbering include:

(i) The dense equatorial forest is a source of valuable timber

(ii) River Zaire and its tributaries serve as means of transporting the logs to the sawmills or ports for export

(iii) Ready market for the sawn timber both locally and externally

(iv) There is high demand for timber as fuel

(c) Importance of lumbering include:

(i) Okoume (soft wood) is used for making plywood while Limba and Mahogany are used for construction work and furniture making

(ii) It provides employment to many people

(iii) Timber provides foreign exchange for the country

(iv) Timber provides raw materials for plywood industries

(v) Hardwoods are used for boat building because of their durability.

(d) Problems of Lumbering in Zaire include:

(i) High cost of surveying economic trees because there are many species around

(ii) Felling of trees is difficult and expensive because the trees are close together

(iii) Many of the trees have buttresses which make felling difficult

(iv) Presence of rapids and waterfalls makes transportation of logs difficult

(v) High rate of deforestation .without corresponding afforestation.

(e) Possible solution to the above problems

(i) Only valuable tree should be grown

(ii) Taungya system of farming whereby farmers grow crops and later plant economic tre -as should be adopted

(iii) Two economic seedlings sh )uld be grown where one has been cut

(iv) Roads should be constructed in some areas as to ensure easy transportation of logs. 
 

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