Oil Exploratin Threatens Virunga National Park

LULIMIBI, EASTERN DRC - JULY 31: Recovering hippo populations close to the ICCN Ranger station on July 31, 2013 in Lulimibi, Lake Edward. Lake Edward once housed the largest hippo population in the world, a figure decimated by conflict since 1994. Hippo meat formed a staple of the diet of armies and militias alike, reducing the population to a figure close to 600 of what was once over 30 000. Lulimibi is in the 'Block V' area of Virunga National Park. UK company Soco International PLC is planning to explore for oil in DRC's Virunga National Park, a protected World Heritage Site and most biodiverse park in Africa. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for WWF-Canon)
LULIMIBI, EASTERN DRC - JULY 31: Recovering hippo populations close to the ICCN Ranger station on July 31, 2013 in Lulimibi, Lake Edward. Lake Edward once housed the largest hippo population in the world, a figure decimated by conflict since 1994. Hippo meat formed a staple of the diet of armies and militias alike, reducing the population to a figure close to 600 of what was once over 30 000. Lulimibi is in the 'Block V' area of Virunga National Park. UK company Soco International PLC is planning to explore for oil in DRC's Virunga National Park, a protected World Heritage Site and most biodiverse park in Africa. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images for WWF-Canon)
Oil Exploratin Threatens Virunga National Park
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