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Soco agrees to suspend oil exploration in Congo's protected park [1]

British oil company Soco International has agreed not to explore in Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park unless its government and UNESCO agree it would not threaten the area’s worl

Publication Date: 
12/06/2014
Reuters [2]
Tags:
Environment [3], Petrochemical Industry [4], Oil Exploration [5], Energy [6], UNESCO [7], WWF [8], Congo [9], National Parks [10]

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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/oil-exploration
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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/unesco
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wwf
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/congo
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-parks