Mining is supposed to increase the nations’ and the peoples’ wealth, but unfortunately this is not usually the case in tropical Africa. Many children have to work in the mines and the security situation is gereally extremely bad. Often mining has detrimental effects on the environment: the forest is cut, soil and water are polluted, the increase of miners results in further deforestation, hunting of endangered species and social problems. In eastern D. R. Congo, militia often control mines (cassiterite, coltan, gold, diamonds) and use the proceeds for buying weapons.
What is the role of indigenous people in conservation? Are they 'forest destroyers' or 'forest protectors'? Both narratives argue that the fate of…
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In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) lies the Congo Basin, the second largest rainforest in the world. The DRC is particularly rich in…
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In the remote Itombwe Nature Reserve in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), mining increasingly threatens nature conservation efforts.…
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In April 2022, Greenpeace reported that the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo planned to auction off concessions for the extraction…
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Management of the Maiko National Park (MNP) has remained difficult due to the presence of armed groups in different sectors of the park. The…
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Regretfully, we must draw the attention of the conservation community to an observation made during our last environmental education mission on 29…
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After investigation and verification on site, the management team of Itombwe Nature Reserve confirms with regret that the company Banro has not only…
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Conservationists had hoped that Virunga National Park has been granted a reprieve after the 2015 withdrawal of the oil company SOCO who had wanted to…
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In 2013, WWF started the campaign "Draw the Line" to stop the British oil company SOCO's explorations for oil in the Virunga National Park, Democratic…
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In response to the granting of oil concessions in Virunga National Park (Virunga) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), WWF launched a…
[details]Conservation in the Maiko National Park (MNP) remains difficult: the intensity of threats to the park has not decreased. It is an enormous challenge…
As the world's oil reserves continue to decline, interest from major petroleum companies in the largely unexploited reserves of African oil increases.…
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