DRC natural resources press review of Monday, September 16, 2013

After working on the illegal logging and illegal trade in timber and species of fauna and flora in the DRC, which took place in Kinshasa from 11 to 13 September 2013, the newspaper La Référence Plus reports the about the Minister of the Environment , Bavo N'sa Mputu , who stated that the "recommendations will not remain a dead letter ." According to the newspaper , the minister said that " the resolutions taken at the end of this work can not be considered in any case as a victory for one group , but rather as a victory for the entire nation ." The Minister made ​​a commitment on behalf of the department , to strengthen the capacity for staff committed to the task of control.On the same issue, the Prospérité newspaper reports that the Minister Bavo N'sa Mputu is determined to stop illegal logging and illegal timber trade . According to the daily , the minister wants to improve not only the brand tarnished , but also to put an end to undue privileges to some neighboring countries that benefit from lax to maintain, at their discretion , the plundering of natural resources DRC. The Minister noted the establishment of a working group consisting of experts to formulate a sheet of strategic , operational and consistent way to take action in the short, medium and long term .Radio Okapi reports that minors should not go beyond 30 meters depth in Kamituga . This is one of the recommendations of the interim bureau chief mines Swedi Kabululu , minors of this part of South Kivu to reduce accidents in artisanal gold mining careers and therefore the mortality rate . The Acting Chief Bureau of Mines also requires owners of gold well change the way they work . For him, the miners must use compressors to wells oxygen