2019 Virunga Resolution #5 : Defending Virunga, Salonga and Any Other Endangered Area from Oil Exploration

Even though the planet is experiencing a climate crisis, the oil industry is expanding to new frontiers, with the majority of such frontiers being mature forests or very sensitive areas.  Currently the world’s oil reserves are 800 billion barrels. If these reserves are burned, more than 320 billion tons of additional co2 would be produced,… Read More

Reasons Why we Should be Avoiding New Oil Exploration Frontiers: Virunga

Even though the planet is experiencing a climate crisis, the oil industry is expanding to new frontiers, with the majority of such frontiers being mature forests or very sensitive areas.  Currently the world’s oil reserves are 800 billion barrels. If these reserves are burned, more than 320 billion tons of additional co2 would be produced,… Read More

Reasons Why we Should be Avoiding New Oil Exploration Frontiers: Virunga

Even though the planet is experiencing a climate crisis, the oil industry is expanding to new frontiers, with the majority of such frontiers being mature forests or very sensitive areas.  Currently the world’s oil reserves are 800 billion barrels. If these reserves are burned, more than 320 billion tons of additional co2 would be produced,… Read More

Reasons Why we Should be Avoiding New Oil Exploration Frontiers: Virunga

Even though the planet is experiencing a climate crisis, the oil industry is expanding to new frontiers, with the majority of such frontiers being mature forests or very sensitive areas.  Currently the world’s oil reserves are 800 billion barrels. If these reserves are burned, more than 320 billion tons of additional co2 would be produced,… Read More

Reasons Why we Should be Avoiding New Oil Exploration Frontiers: Virunga

Even though the planet is experiencing a climate crisis, the oil industry is expanding to new frontiers, with the majority of such frontiers being mature forests or very sensitive areas.  Currently the world’s oil reserves are 800 billion barrels. If these reserves are burned, more than 320 billion tons of additional co2 would be produced,… Read More

Pollution pétrolière: Dramatiques Conséquences sur les Droits Humains de la Population, Arretons au Nord Kivu!

Le pétrole déversé depuis 50 ans dans le sud du Nigeria pourrait exiger la plus vaste opération de nettoyage jamais entreprise dans le monde. Cette affirmation du Programme des Nations unies pour l’environnement (PNUE) est le fruit d’une étude scientifique sur les dégâts environnementaux dans le delta du Niger, dont les résultats ont été présentés… Read More

Pollution Petrolière au Nigeria = communautés locales ont sombré dans la pauvreté

Sunday Agabe, pêcheur à Bodo et sa famille ont sombré dans la pauvreté suite aux déversements de pétrole non nettoyés par la compagnie Shell au Nigeria. VIDÉOS Pollution pétrolière au Nigeria : comment gagner sa vie dignement ? travail, votre moyen de gagner votre vie dignement soit du jour au lendemain détruit par le pétrole. C… Read More

“Voix de la Forêt”: Touche pas a Virunga!

Greenpeace Africa released a brand new song entitled “”Voix de la Forêt” (The Voices of the Forest), which is performed by 11 internationally acclaimed singers from the Congo Basin countries; in a bid to highlight the importance of the world’s second largest rain forest, which is under increasing threat from foreign exploitation. This song is… Read More