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It was believed that Virunga was saved after the withdrawal in 2015 of the oil company Soco who wanted to drill in the park. It was an illusion: Kinshasa has been negotiating the renewal of the controversial permit to an offshore oil company. It was June 2014. At that time, the British firm Soco International, after an… Virunga National Park’s conservationists and activists are celebrating a victory today after British oil company SOCO International plc (SOCO) agreed to end its controversial operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). British oil company SOCO International PLC (SOCO) has agreed to end its controversial operations in Africa's oldest national park. Oil drilling was resolutely opposed by local and international environmental groups and also drew criticism from the British Government, New leaked documents released today by Global Witness show that British oil company Soco International paid tens of thousands of dollars to a Congolese military officer accused of brutally silencing opponents of its oil exploration in Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park. British oil company SOCO International plc (SOCO) has agreed to end its controversial operations in Africa’s oldest national park. Oil drilling was resolutely opposed by local and international env… British oil company Soco International paid off an army officer accused of silencing critics of exploration in Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park, an NGO alleges. Congolese Activists Honored For Fighting Oil Exploration In Virunga National Park : The Two-Way The Alexander Soros Foundation has given awards to people trying to block a British company from doing drilling in the park. The activists fear the operations would damage human and wildlife habitats.
British oil company Soco International and its contractors have made illicit payments, appear to have paid off armed rebels and benefited from fear and violence
Created in 1925, Virunga is Africa's oldest national park. In 2013, we secured a commitment from French company TOTAL not to drill in the park or any against British-registered SOCO, which was exploring for oil around Lake Edward – an 12 Jun 2015 At the time, the UK company was exploring for oil in Virunga, a United Nations World Heritage site in eastern Congo. Virunga, a 790,000 1 Sep 2014 Perenco's operations in Bas-Congo are an example of how oil extraction can for oil inside the Virunga National Park is British company Soco. 6 Sep 2014 Virunga National Park has become the battleground in a new conflict, fight off the advances of rebel militias, poachers and a powerful oil company And then there is Soco International, a British-registered company based 6 Dec 2014 “The smelting companies that used to buy from eastern Congo have Soco, a British oil company featured in Virunga, recently agreed to pull 10 Jun 2014 A UK oil and gas company has abandoned exploration in Africa's oldest national park after it came under intense pressure from
It was believed that Virunga was saved after the withdrawal in 2015 of the oil company Soco who wanted to drill in the park. It was an illusion: Kinshasa has been negotiating the renewal of the controversial permit to an offshore oil company. It was June 2014. At that time, the British firm Soco International, after an…
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 Among them is SOCO International, a British oil company. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Virunga is the oldest national park in Africa and the crown jewel of
30 Jun 2018 Virunga sits on the forest-cloaked volcanoes of central Africa and is home to over half the global population of mountain gorillas. British company
30 Oct 2015 Virunga National Park, home to roughly a quarter of the world's a U.K.-based oil company, to prospect for oil from Virunga National Park. 20 Apr 2018 In 2013, Katembo had protested when the British oil company SOCO International began exploring for oil in Virunga National Park—a Such has been the case for example of the British oil company, Soco, which has been conducting preliminary oil exploration activities on the site since 2010. 13 Nov 2019 Soco International, an oil company based in the United Kingdom, was The 3,000 square miles Virunga National Park in DRC is said to be
Emmanuel de Merode, director of Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is a courageous conservationist who has been working there since 1992. On Thursday, he received the Rolex Explorer of the Year award from the National Geographic Society.
6 Dec 2014 “The smelting companies that used to buy from eastern Congo have Soco, a British oil company featured in Virunga, recently agreed to pull 10 Jun 2014 A UK oil and gas company has abandoned exploration in Africa's oldest national park after it came under intense pressure from 1 Aug 2013 Urge business and government to stop oil exploration in Africa's oldest I am so disheartened that British oil company Soco International PLC 7 Aug 2013 Virunga National Park, a UNESCO site that is home to critically endangered mountain gorillas faces exploitation by British oil company Soco
23 Jan 2016 In November the Congolese government said that seismic tests carried out by British oil company Soco in Virunga confirmed the presence of oil 12 Jun 2014 Weeks after the shooting of Virunga's warden, oil company says it's ending In the face of global pressure, the British oil and gas firm Soco 30 Jun 2018 Virunga sits on the forest-cloaked volcanoes of central Africa and is home to over half the global population of mountain gorillas. British company 21 Feb 2017 Virunga National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site in the eastern the British oil company, SOCO International, form the backdrop to the. 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 Among them is SOCO International, a British oil company. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Virunga is the oldest national park in Africa and the crown jewel of 17 Dec 2015 having regard to the designation by UNESCO of the Virunga National oil company TOTAL and the British oil company SOCO International,