DRC natural resources press review of Thursday, August 22, 2013

Several environmental issues dominate the headlines of natural resources in the media.

Daily Observateur reports that "mountains gorillas threatened with extermination" and writes: "Organizations of environmental protection have launched a cry of alarm about the situation of mountain gorillas Eastern the DRC whose habitat is invested by armed including the M23. According to these NGOs nature groups, these negative forces are also involved in the killing of the gorillas whose species is now endangered.
 In the same order, the Prosperité newspaper reports that Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at Fikin, Bavon N'Sa Mputu Minister and the Director General of the Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICCN), Cosma Wilungula were keynote speakers at the conference on protected areas. In their statements, both speakers have placed particular emphasis on the efforts that everyone should provide for the protection of the environment. They have, for this purpose, new awareness of the need for a healthy environment and, above all, the importance of protecting animals that are found in parks in the DRC, as they are part of the national heritage.

The same information,  for the Potentiel newspaper, the Minister Bavo N'sa Mputu Elima of the Environment launched the first environmental days Kinshasa. Kinshasa was represented by the Deputy Governor Bafiba and two provincial ministers, including those in charge of Environment and Tourism. From the outset, Bavo N'Sa Mputu appealed to a real awareness. "The development to which we all aspire is not sustainable assume that if we can reconcile the concerns related to the environment in our relentless quest for socio-economic development. We are, indeed, in many respects, closely dependent on the environment to meet our daily needs of living in a living environment sanitized, free of all unhealthy conditions and where to live. " The specific case of the city of Kinshasa shows clearly that the management of the environment through a genuine desire to be part of a responsible approach.
 On another matter, the same newspaper informs that the Director General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), José Graziano da Silva, said Wednesday the potential of South-South cooperation and reiterated the commitment of the agency "to strengthen and harness trade between Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa in order to adopt, adapt and expand best practices that promote agricultural development."

For its part, Radio Okapi reported that the Forestry Company Transformation (CFT) finance the construction of three health centers and two mills in the area Luete located more than 250 km from Kisangani (Eastern Province). She handed the last weekend, the sum of 56,000 U.S. dollars to local committees responsible for the sector to achieve these social works. Local committees and CFT signed a specification that gives the latter the possibility of using wood in this area for four years. But civil society is not satisfied with the terms of this Agreement that it considers not to be for the benefit of local populations.The same media also announces that following complaints from drivers on the quality of fuel sold in Kinshasa, Congo Sept. claims to have conducted an analysis of samples of the products it stores. The company ensures that the quality of fuel sold to customers is good. The results of these analyzes in laboratories September Congo on samples from deposits Masina Gombe and comply with standards in DRC, analysts say the company. According to them, these results relate to the characteristics of the fuel may cause deposition of fouling in filters vehicles.