Exclusive: company plans to sell carbon and biodiversity credits in endangered gorilla habitat and Congo basin rainforest as alternative to drilling for fossil fuels
New York-based EQX Biome is proposing to prevent oil exploration in these areas by establishing conservation projects in partnership with NGOs and by selling carbon and biodiversity credits based on avoiding the damage oil exploration would have caused.
Virunga national park is a Unesco world heritage site, recognised for its wildlife and diverse habitats.DRC was second only to Brazil in the amount of forest cleared
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