May 13, 2012
- WWF has called on French oil company Total to refrain from exploration in Virunga National Park. At a meeting of Total shareholders and investors Friday, WWF hosted a demonstration and published an open letter to the company president.
Total has been granted an oil concession that includes a portion of the World Heritage Site, which is recognized as a treasure of biodiversity. WWF is asking Total to declare Virunga and all World Heritage Sites off limits for oil development....
March 30, 2012
- The following statement was issued today by Marc Languy of WWF’s Central Africa Regional Programme Office.
“Over the past two weeks, WWF has received alarming reports from our conservation partners working in Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), that British oil company SOCO International is making preparations for oil exploration within park boundaries. WWF has stated unequivocally that oil exploration in Virunga National Park is...
March 29, 2012
- By Fidelis Pegue Manga
Ask Abagui Iya Lucien, a game ranger who has been working for Lobéké National Park since 1998, what it feels like working as a ranger today and he tells you, “We have attained the nadir.” Never have rangers working in the southeast of Cameroon been so demoralized.
With reason: they have been going after dangerously armed poachers wholly unarmed. They have been begging and yearning for arms to better defend themselves in the face of...
March 28, 2012
- Twelve suspected poachers have been arrested and 14 elephant tusks confiscated outside protected areas in southeast Cameroon this week. Forest rangers carried out the arrests and seizures near Boumba-Bek and Nki National Parks after receiving intelligence information from village monitoring groups formed by WWF.
The anti-poaching operation comes just weeks after...
March 9, 2012
- Beijing – Africa and China can work together towards the common goal of sustainable development, says WWF, the global conservation organization.
The upcoming China-Africa Ministerial Conference, in July 2012, presents a key opportunity to make China’s trade and capital flows a driving force for global footprint reduction and green growth in Africa a possible future. Ahead of the Conference, WWF puts forward proposals to interject environmental and social...