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Stop Oil Exploration in Africa's Oldest National Park
The Democratic Republic of Congo Environmental Legislation In 2007, the Southern African Institute for Environmental Assessment (SAIEA) and the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) published the first edition of the Handbook on environmental assessment legislation in the SADC region. This post is based on the last updated version of this handbook (2012) and offers… Read More
Oil legislation proposed in Democratic Republic of Congo could facilitate future corruption and lead to environmental damage in one of Africa’s most diverse and fragile national parks. Article | 24 September 2013 – 3:52pm | By Jamie Pickering A controversial hydrocarbons bill, concerning the management of planned oil production expansion in the Democratic Republic… Read More
La loi sur les hydrocarbures devant le parlement de la RD Congo n’est pas en mesure d’arrêter la corruption ou les dommages environnementaux – Global Witness 9 Mai 2013 Les révisions prévues de la loi sur les hydrocarbures de la RD Congo contiennent des défauts majeurs qui pourraient laisser libre court à une mauvaise gestion… Read More
Oil law before Congo parliament fails to safeguard against corruption or environmental damage – Global Witness 9 May 2013 Planned revisions to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s hydrocarbons law contain major flaws that could allow gross mismanagement of the country’s oil wealth and serious environmental impacts. The draft text, published by Global Witness today,[i] is before the… Read More
Congo-Kinshasa: La société civile apporte sa contribution à la consistance du projet de code des hydrocarbures Congo-Kinshasa: La société civile apporte sa contribution à la consistance du projet de code des hydrocarbures Par Raymonde Senga Kossy, 8 Avril 2013 Les travaux de l’atelier sur l’analyse par la Société civile du code des hydrocarbures dont le… Read More
This week’s alarming headline by Jonny Hogg: “Congo seeks to open way to oil drilling in national parks” reveals how the government of the DRC is planning to go ahead with oil exploration within National Parks. DRC’s parliament is to debate, as early as this month, the new Hydrocarbon bill that could permit oil exploration… Read More
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