Rights to probe for oil within the Democratic Republic of the Congo are up for public sale with doubtlessly devastating impacts for a crucial ecosystem and the communities that rely on it.
The federal government plans to promote 27 so-called blocks to grease corporations for growth. They sit on the planet’s second largest rainforest, and a few overlap with nature reserves.
Al Jazeera’s staff travelled up the Congo River from Mbandaka to fulfill the individuals who reside there.
That is the primary of 4 stories from Al Jazeera’s setting editor, Nick Clark, on the federal government’s plans to use pure assets to raise individuals out of poverty.
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