Campaigners have managed to keep the Congo national park free from drilling just as protected sites elsewhere are being cravenly redrawn.
It seems incredible anyone could contemplate drilling for oil in Virunga. Not only is this sprawling national park the oldest in Africa, almost the only commendable Belgian colonial legacy in the brutalised Democratic Republic of Congo, but it is also a place of unique biodiversity.
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