DRC natural resources review press of Tuesday, May 28, 2013

The newspaper L'Avenir announces that the approach of June, the government reported on the major macroeconomic aggregates and reports that Prime Minister Matata Ponyo yesterday held a meeting of the Strategic Troika. It was attended by the new Governor of the Central Bank of Congo (BCC), Mr. Mutombo Déogratias Mwana Nyembo. Invited to make restitution to the press, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Budget, Daniel Mukoko said it is the first regular meeting of the Troika which takes part the Governor of the Central Bank of Congo (BCC). It is a meeting that was essentially macro-economic.According to the latest publication of the Barometer of the Central Bank, the paper notes, there is a downward trend of increased activity in the manufacturing and mining sector. Daniel Mukoko admitted that in April, compared to March and February, there was a fairly significant drop in the gross balance in favor. But he replied, we are encouraged to see that the situation is improving because the latest figures we looked this morning of May show that there is an increase of 2.1 points. This means that the trust is reborn in the private sectorThe newspaper said that despite the erosion of trust in the sectors of manufacturing, mining and construction, it is important to note that the evolution of the gross overall synthetic curve above the threshold of 5.0% is deemed suitable to witness the continued dynamism of economic activity in the country since last September.

For its part, the Observateur newspaper talks about the need to revise the Forest Code because too much wood illegally cut and stresses that second international forest by area after the Amazon, the rainforest is experiencing a worrying operating in its part located in the DRC.According to the newspaper, this concern stems from the fact of non-compliance with the Forest Code by companies engaged in the timber industry and the recklessness of governments that do not measure the extent of the danger that it poses to humanity without landowners residing in sites operated, not shoot, yet large profit.Worse, reforestation, seems to be the least of worries for large operators who have no interest in the timber, they export or as boards or processed form, raw, logs. And it is every day that the Congolese timber is transported to the eastern and western markets.

The Potentiel newspaper indicates that with the actions taken by Perenco oil activity rhythm social progress in the territory of Muanda and notes that the inauguration of the new administrative building of the territory of Muanda and the launch of the pilot agroforestry on the set of Yema confirm the strong involvement of the oil company in social projects implemented in Muanda, Bas-Congo