🌿 Environment Jul 31, 2025 · Cristen Hemingway Jaynes

Pristine Forest and Endangered Gorilla Habitat at Risk as Half of DRC Opened to Bids for Oil and Gas Drilling: Report

EcoWatch
Environmental news service
View Channel →
Source ↗ 👁 34 💬 0
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is home to many species of rare and endangered wildlife, such as mountain gorillas, eastern lowland gorillas and bonobos. But the country has plans to open more than half its land — including 306 million acres of intact tropical forest and vital gorilla habitat — to oil and gas drilling.



DRC’s government began an auctioning round for 52 oil blocks — in addition to three that had been previously awarded — threatening 64 percent of the country’s pristi

Comments (0)

Sign in to join the discussion

More Like This

A climate threat may lurk beneath Antarctica's last great unknown
Earth News - Earth Science News, Earth Science, Climate Change · 5d ago
Climate leaders push for more solar energy by 2030
EHN · 5d ago
‘Wait for the clock to run out’: Louisiana offshore wind energy leaders look beyond Trump
EHN · 5d ago
Clarence Thomas is in the hot seat for US Supreme Court’s biggest climate case in years
EHN · 5d ago
Sea levels on the West Coast to rise by a foot as Kelvin waves hit
EHN · 5d ago
Heat-trapping gas once frozen in Arctic ground is slowly leaking and warming the planet
Earth News - Earth Science News, Earth Science, Climate Change · 5d ago