The UK Government is to examine the activities of London-based oil company Soco over alleged violations of environmental protections and human rights abuses in Africa's first National Park, home to 200 Mountain gorillas.
… Ecologist | 17th February 2014 News Africa Congo Natural World Oil Fossil Fuels UK … National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). WWF's case has exposed "material …
Following the shooting of Virunga's chief warden last week, WWF is calling on UK oil company Soco International PLC to pull out of the Park and respond to allegations made in a new documentary premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival.
… | 23rd April 2014 News Natural World Africa Congo DRC Oil Fossil Fuels UK … chief warden of Democratic Republic of the Congo's Virunga National Park, Emmanuel de … the park" , said Abraham. "WWF believes the Congolese citizens that depend on Virunga …
The Brazilian Space Agency and Britain’s Rutherford Appleton Laboratory are planning to boldly go into new realms of space-based rainforest protection.
… two largest rainforests, the Amazon and the Congo, as these areas are where some of the … it. The area to be tracked in Africa, the Congo rainforest, spans six different …
A bill to quadruple the UK's aid funding to a profit-driven 'private equity' company owned by the government comes before MPs today for its third reading, writes Global Justice Now. Trouble is the investments do little or nothing for the poor, and instead entrench corporate power in health, education and infrastructure. Parliament should seize this last chance to reject the new law.
… oil plantations in Democratic Republic of Congo, failing to provide decent wages and … "Land Conflicts and Shady Finances Plague DR Congo Palm Oil Company Backed by Development … "Land Conflicts and Shady Finances Plague DR Congo Palm Oil Company Backed by Development …
A new report reveals huge declines in the UK's migratory birds that winter deep in Africa's rainforests. Shorter distance migrants are performing much better, with some recording big population increases.
… 43%. Species wintering furthest south in the Congo Basin (represented here by cuckoos, …
Over 90% of major armed conflicts between 1950-2000 occurred in countries containing biodiversity hotspots,writes Alex Reid, and more than 80% of these took place in the hotspot areas themselves. This poses a major challenge to the conservation community: to work in combat zones to strengthen environmental protection before, during and after conflicts. Or better still, to defuse incipient conflicts and resolve those under way, to reduce their toll on people, and nature.
… into Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC)), Uganda and Tanzania. High demand …