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Illegal gold mining drives deforestation in DRC reserve home to ‘African unicorn’
of Congo Basin rainforest. It protects an astounding array of globally significant wildlife populations: a fifth of all okapi (Okapia johnstoni); the DRC’s largest populations of forest ...
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DRC to create huge tropical forest reserve, generate carbon credits
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will create a protected area the size of France to protect its tropical rainforest, the country announced in Davos Wednesday, which will include raising finance ...
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Bodies, untreated water, rain add up to health risks in Goma, DRC: UN
UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Bodies in the streets, no clean water and an intensifying rainy season trigger escalating health risks in Goma, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UN ...
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Congo-Kinshasa: 'Areas Essential to the Global Climate Are Being Threatened By Economic Projects'
Interview - CIVICUS discusses activism against oil auctions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with François Kamate, founder and coordinator of the young environmental volunteer movement ...