Save Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Draw The Line At Oil
Geschreven op 8-1-2014 - Erik van Erne. Geplaatst in Natuur
Heard of Virunga? It’s Africa’s oldest national park, and a treasured World Heritage Site. Rainforests, volcanoes, rare and beautiful wildlife.
Virunga National Park has it all. People who live and work there know it’s a very special place.
But Virunga is at risk of becoming Africa’s newest oil field. UK oil company Soco might explore for oil inside Virunga, so WWF had to draw the line. Some places are just too precious to exploit.
You can help: draw the line.
Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (covering an area of 790,000 ha) comprises an outstanding diversity of habitats, ranging from swamps and steppes to the snowfields of Rwenzori at an altitude of over 5,000 m, and from lava plains to the savannahs on the slopes of volcanoes. Mountain gorillas are found in the park, some 20,000 hippopotamuses live in the rivers and birds from Siberia spend the winter there. See also: Anna Friel Discovers The Majesty Of Gorillas
See also: The Virunga National Park in DR Congo: How Can the People of North Kivu be Better Served
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8 januari 2014 om 13:11 | Permalink
Anna Friel Discovers The Majesty Of Gorillas
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