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Action Alert: Demand Oil Exploration End in Congo’s Gorilla Rich Virunga National Park
Posted by Water Conservation Blog on March 9th, 2014
By EcolInternet's Rainforest Portal
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It has been two years since EcoInternet first alerted the international community that SOCO International a London-listed oil company planned to explore for oil in Virunga National Park. Virunga is Africas oldest national park and an UNESCO World Heritage site; and is home to a large population of wild gorillas, many other important wildlife species, primary rainforest ecosystems, and forest-dependent communities. Our earlier protests together caused other companies considering oil exploration to pull out. And opposition is growing as WWF has embraced the campaign, successfully bringing the case to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation...
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