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Friday, March 18, 2011

Congo Rejects UK Bid to Drill for Oil in World's Only Remaining Mountain Gorilla Habitat

Virunga park mountain gorilla photo
Image: Rachel Cernansky
This doesn't seem a victory so much as common sense, but these days those aren't mutually exclusive. The Democratic Republic of Congo's Environment Minister Jose Endundo has rejected a bid by UK oil firm Soco International to search for oil in Virunga National Park, part of the region that the world's only remaining and critically endangered mountain gorillas call home.
Article continues: Congo Rejects UK Bid to Drill for Oil in World's Only Remaining Mountain Gorilla Habitat

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