SAVE VIRUNGA
Stop Oil Exploration in Africa's Oldest National Park
Virunga National Park in peril from armed conflict and oil exploration 24 June 2013 | News story Two guards of the Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature lost their lives following attacks by armed groups in the Virunga National Park World Heritage site, a recent report has revealed. Topped with oil exploration, continued unrest… Read More
Do you really think that oil will make a difference in this woman’s life? Background Africa’s oil industry is growing. Both off-shore and on-shore developments are projected to provide much-needed revenue for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Yet fundamental challenges remain. After years of civil unrest and war, the security situation, both domestically… Read More
“Clean up, pay up, get out” From 1970 to 1990 Texaco (now Chevron) drilled for oil in the region known as the “ Oriente” in the Ecuadorian Amazon. By the company’s own estimates Texaco dumped 18 billion gallons of toxic watewater from their oil exploration into the Amazon environment. The region’s 30.000 inhabitants have been… Read More
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