DRC natural resources press review of Monday, July 22, 2013

Speaking of closing Saturday, July 20, 2013 Workshop on optimizing land governance and natural resources, the newspaper le Phare believes that the ways of the land reform are finally marked. The newspaper notes that "based on four themes:" Recognition and security "," Conflicts of competence interdepartmental regarding land "," vertical skills in land matters "and" resolution of land conflicts, "four committees led to the formulation of resolutions and recommendations that the Minister of Land Affairs appreciated the quality. For him, they are the tag, if safeguards in the establishment of a road, in connection with the ongoing reform. Among recommendations, the newspaper said, for example, for acquired rights in accordance with custom, the participants called on the Government to specify by regulation, the legal status of customary land rights in order to establish customary rights indisputable bases. The government must establish the principles of prior consultation of the local communities in all processes of allocation of space and land rights acquisition and exploitation rights of natural resources.In another case the Forum des As newspaper announced that the National Electricity Company (SNEL) has the last few days started the campaign on the low flow of the Congo River. On Friday, July 19 in room Bibi Play in Kalamu commune, 6 municipalities in the district of Funa closely followed the main speaker of the day, the CEO of the corporation Eric Mbala Musanda Administrator. Who, in his word, recommended economy of electric energy to its partners in their daily lives and to adhere to the "prepayment meter" to consume less.
     The newspaper notes that the CEO (Ad) of Snel said that low water is a natural phenomenon that goes from May to late August. According to him, the work of Inga was designed to operate for low water. Unfortunately, he lamented, for 40 years, his behavior did not suffer any serious maintenance. Must, to date, a machine that will start to remove the sand from the channel to overcome the problem of low water in the DRC, said the Ad of SNEL. "This is what is at the base of shedding experienced since June in our city to protect machines", informs the No. 1 Snel.The tri-weekly Congo Nouveau releases list of 85 multinationals who finance the war in the DRC and wrote: "Here is the list of 85 multinational implicated by the UN in the plunder of the DRC and indirect funding to the Civil War East in a 2003 report. Following this report, the UN took no sanction which only reinforces the suspicion of complicity around MONUSCO, UN military forces in the DRC. Among these companies, some are accused of carrying a view to provide logistical support directly arming the rebels or loyalists. they are either protected by the UN or by the State that hosts. Such was the case of Anvil Mining in Canada Afrimex or in Britain or many other multinationals in Belgium. has noted that many are originally from South Africa in close connection with the UK.Radio Okapi reported that a woman was killed and more than three hectares of cassava fields ravaged by a herd of elephants Mangi, a town located 250 km northeast of the city of Kamina, Katanga. According to the administrator of the territory Bukama, Bokalanagana Boyoma Upemba these elephants from the park. For the head of the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN), a plan for delivery of these elephants has existed for over three years. Felix Mbayo, Provincial Director of ICCN, says his institution does not have the means to repress some 250 elephants and bring them back into the park.The Catholic Agency DIA announced that as part of the intensification of agriculture, Bandundu province has plans to distribute cassava varieties resistant to mosaic. According to experts CARG, Rural Agricultural Management Board, the province wants to replace 50% of local varieties in 3 years.