No Comment: Onset of Madness: DRC Oil Minister Crispin Atama: We'll see whether we'll destroy Virunga National Park or not!

(PHOTO: DRC Hydrocarbons Minister Crispin Atama Tabe Mogodi)



(MAP: "Block V" oil reserve, given to SOCO International at the

Virunga National Park. See details and legend of this map on SOCO Web

site on the page address below)



(Map Address: www.socointernational.co.uk/block-v-and-the-virunga-national-park)



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"The DRC has the right to know what resources it has under the earth,

even if it's in the park or the forest, anywhere.



"We're going to evaluate the quantity of the deposit. If it's very

significant we'll compare the

value of the park with the oil...



"We'll see whether we'll respect the park or not. It's up to us!"



--DRC Hydrocarbons Minister Crispin Atama Tabe Mogodi--



Statement made at the weekend to defend the right of the DRC to

obliterate Virunga National Park on behalf of the British oil company

SOCO International, which has just been authorized to conduct aerial

oil exploration at the Park.



North Kivu civil society, the UK government, and 15 conservation NGOs

are opposing the deal to no avail.



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PHOTO CREDITS: Via: oilgas.ipad-africa.com/



Map Credits: socointernational.co.uk