SAVE VIRUNGA
Stop Oil Exploration in Africa's Oldest National Park
The Albertine Graben is home to Virunga National Park in the Eastern DRC which is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage site and accommodates 43% of Africa’s bird species, 27% of Africa’s mammals and more than 10% of its reptiles, amphibians, and plants in addition to several rare and endangered species that exist nowhere else… Read More
By Robert Redford (Actor, director and Environmental Activist) The art of storytelling is at our core. It’s the lifeblood of how we communicate and how we decide what deserves our attention and what we are content to ignore as a passing fad. We’ve accomplished storytelling on the silver screen and the latest Internet meme, but… Read More
No more words needed. Many local defenders have been alerting the world of the dangers community members and themselves are facing when fighting for Virunga and the sustainable development option. They are often putting their lives, their staff and their organizations at risk. Virunga cannot survive without them, without their voice and courage. We wish… Read More
Open letter the General Director of the Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICCN) 15-11-2013 On the 27th of December 2013, SOCO was pleased to announce that “ICCN, the organisation that manages the Virunga National Park, has reported to SOCO that it has received widespread support for SOCO’s activities on Block V in eastern DRC.”1 The… Read More
Suivons ces témoignages des populations du lac Edouard en RDC et murissons nos réflexions sur les engagements pris par la RDC sur le Parc National de Virunga, patrimonial mondial, et des Droits des Communautés riveraines face au danger de l’Exploration pétrolière dans le Bloc 5 par l’entreprise Pétrolière SOCO. SOCO, l’entreprise ambitieuse dans le projet… Read More
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