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Quest for oil threatens Africas oldest wildlife reserve

2014-03-31 13:41:08| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Daily Times: The quest for oil may be the latest threat to Africa's most venerable wildlife reserve, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and already hard hit by deforestation, poaching and armed conflict. Early in March, European Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs warned that "with oil production there would be a major risk of pollution at this site, located near the sources of the Nile.' The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and other environmental bodies, including local ones, have also voiced...

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