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Unesco commends Soco decision to halt drilling in world heritage site

2014-06-14 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Blue and Green: The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) has said it commends British oil and gas exploration firm Socos decision to abandon drilling plans in a Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) world heritage site. Earlier this week, the firm and WWF, which had conducted a year-long campaign against its operations in the Virunga national park, released a joint statement. It stated that Soco would halt operations in the national park, commit to avoiding operations in other world heritage...

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