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Soco agrees to suspend oil exploration in Congo's protected park

2014-06-11 23:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: British oil company Soco International has agreed not to explore in Democratic Republic of Congos Virunga National Park unless its government and UNESCO agree it would not threaten the areas world heritage status. Soco has been at loggerheads with conservation campaigner WWF for months over its activities in Virunga, Africas oldest and most bio-diverse national park. WWF filed a complaint about Socos activities in October to the British National Contact Point for the Organisation for Economic...

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