DRC natural resources press review of Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Under the carbon credits backed by U.S. NGOs, the Observateur newspaper reported that millions of dollars will be awarded to residents of the Congolese forests and noted that U.S. environmental organizations have launched a project to provide carbon credits to people living in the region of the Congo Basin forests in the DRC. According to the newspaper, the program, which begins this year aims to help people in the Congo Basin forests to protect forests and biodiversity and the fight against deforestation.Returning to oil exploitation in the Virunga National Park, the Potentiel reports that WWF increases the pressionet writing that the DRC section of the international NGO WWF (World Wildlife Fund) railed against oil exploration permit granted the British company Soco, in the Virunga National Park, while the park is an area protégée.L NGO urges the Congolese government to enforce laws that prohibit the use of oil in areas protégées.René Ngongo coordinator this NGO in the DRC has recently denounced the continuation of oil exploitation permits in the Virunga National Park awarded to the British company Soco International."Soco received government permits to explore in block 5, which covers about 85% of the Virunga National Park. This is a license that is [issued] by the competent authorities, "said Ngongo. According to him, "this license is in contradiction not only with the Congolese laws, but also with the international commitments made by the DRC" with internationale.WWF community has also "urged the Congolese government to take into account the laws of the DRC ", especially on the conservation of nature, which prohibits any activity likely to harm the environment.On another note, Radio Okapi announced that a priest produces bread with cassava at Kimpese in Bas- Congo and indicates that cassava bread was presented Monday, July 8 by Father Charles Kusika, its manufacturer. This bread is composed of 85% wheat flour and 15% manioc.D after Father Charles Kusika who runs the plant cassava, which makes this bread, this project will minimize the cost of importing wheat and allow the Congolese economy to win five hundred million U.S. dollars.