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Eni discovers oil and gas offshore Congo
2013-08-02 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Eni has discovered oil and gas at Nene' Marine 1 and Marine 2 wells in the Nene' Marine exploration prospect, offshore Congo.
Democratic Republic of Congo: Oil exploration could lead to 'devastating consequences' in Virunga Park
2013-08-01 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Soco International Plc is the only company still intending to exploit its licence in the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the setting for the film Gorillas in the Mist. In a study published today, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) calls on Soco to follow Total, the French petro-giant, which promised in May to halt its search for oil inside the 87-year-old reserve. London-based Soco holds rights to explore an area twice the size of Kent, half of it inside the...
Hunting, logging could threaten long-term health Congo forest by wiping out key animals
2013-07-23 02:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Unsustainable hunting of forest elephants, gorillas, forest antelopes, and other seed-dispersers could have long-term impacts on the health and resilience of Congo Basin rainforests, warns a study published today in a special issue of the journal Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B. Conducting a review of more than 160 papers and reports on trends in wildlife populations, hunting, and land use in the Congo Basin, a team of researchers from Oxford University, the University of Queensland,...
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Deforestation rate falls in Congo Basin countries
2013-07-22 07:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Deforestation has fallen in Congo Basin countries over the past decade despite a sharp increase in the rate of forest clearing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to a new study published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B as part of a set of 18 papers on the region's tropical forests. The special issue, which was put together by Yadvinder Malhi, Stephen Adu-Bredu, Rebecca Asare, Simon Lewis and Philippe Mayaux, covers a range of issues relating to the rainforests...
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Has the EU fallen for Congo rainforest logging scam?
2013-07-22 02:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: BBC Television's Panorama programme has spent six months tracking illegal logs from the Congo rainforest to western Europe. The investigation has revealed that new EU timber regulations are failing to stop illegal wood getting into European stores. I have been on a stakeout for two days, but finally the moment I have been waiting for is about to arrive. I have been monitoring a ship carrying wood to Europe from Congo-Brazzaville. It is the dead of the night and I am at the port of La Rochelle...
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