Even though the company states that it has ended the project in the park, the DRC government is now seeking a way to explore for oil in the perimeter of Virunga. Shortly after graduating, she pursued a career working for various fashion houses in New York, which furnished her with the necessary experience to create her eponymous, exclusive,… Read More, Keeping the Focus During the past week much attention went to the renewed danger to Virunga National Park coming from oil exploitation. US Election 2020: Results and exit poll in maps and charts, Anne Hathaway apologises for portrayal of limb difference in The Witches, Ariana Grande clashes with Tik Tok stars over pandemic partying. UK bribery laws. Le directeur de cette mystérieuse junior, Oil Quest Internationl est un ressortissant français dénommé Rui Miguel Léon-Suberbielle.

Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo said authorities had contacted UNESCO in order to find a way to “explore judiciously” within the park in order to “reap the profit of its resources to benefit the people who live there”. Come on', Searching for a safe place for my family. .css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link{color:inherit;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited{color:#696969;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited{-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link:hover,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited:hover,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link:focus,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited:focus{color:#B80000;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link::after,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited::after{content:'';position:absolute;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;left:0;z-index:2;}Biden widens lead over Trump in decisive state. Joe Biden has overtaken Donald Trump in Pennsylvania. Soco continues geological studies inside Virunga National Park until 22 July. The information came from villagers who talked to a journalist visiting the remote fishing community of Nyakakoma. Soco subsequently removes its response from its website. : It seems that for now, as SOCO has stopped explorations within Virunga National Park in 2014, this case can be considered an environmental justice success. 26 July 2013: Soco responds to the NGO statement, saying that it is “aware of VideoFrank Gardner meets paralysed student, Africa's top shots: Beer down the drain and snails in the rain, Church pastor a career con artist. Stop Oil Exploration in Africa's Oldest National Park, Africa’s oldest and most biodiverse nature reserve is also its most dangerous. responsibility for these actions to the Telegraph, saying that the soldiers The posting of news, stories, commentaries, reports, documents and links (embedded or otherwise) on this website does not in any way, implied or otherwise, necessarily express or suggest that Save Virunga represents one specific party. questions. By June 2018, the government charged commissions to look into the declassification of these two parks, about one fifth of Virunga would be affected by the reclassification [5].

Les géologues de Soco et de Oil Quest partent du principe que du côté ougandais de la frontière, la firme irlandaise Tullow Oil a découvert des réserves de 1,7 milliard de barils. made by various NGO’s [sic] and media members”.

They punched me and who paid him, via Feruzi, is called Pieter Kock. Chance “[i]n the summer of 2014” to look into the “allegations of wrong doing Local campaigners in Virunga, some of whom have suffered intimidation and scare tactics in the course of their activism protecting the national park, wrote to Clifford Chance to… Read More, A fabled park in the Democratic Republic of Congo is under pressure from oil developers. The spokesperson says: “He [Feruzi] hasn’t received money from us… We wouldn’t allow that and the books haven’t revealed that he It was believed that Virunga was saved after the withdrawal in 2015 of the oil company Soco who wanted to drill in the park.