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Democratic Republic of Congo: Oil exploration could lead to 'devastating consequences' in Virunga Park

2013-08-01 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Telegraph: Soco International Plc is the only company still intending to exploit its licence in the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the setting for the film Gorillas in the Mist. In a study published today, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) calls on Soco to follow Total, the French petro-giant, which promised in May to halt its search for oil inside the 87-year-old reserve. London-based Soco holds rights to explore an area twice the size of Kent, half of it inside the...

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