OKAPI WILDLIFE RESERVE, Democratic Republic of Congo  — Scattered along the banks of the Ituri River, buildings cram together, cranes transport dirt and debris scatters the soil. The patches of trees are a scant reminder that a forest once grew there.
Nestled in eastern Congo's Ituri province, the Chinese-run gold mine is rapidly encroaching on an area that many say it shouldn't be operating in at all - the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, an endangered …

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For eight years a Chinese mining company has been vastly expanding inside an endangered World Heritage Site, accused by locals and conservationists of decimating the environment

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Chinese gold mining threatens a protected UN heritage site in Congo

For eight years a Chinese mining company has been vastly expanding inside an endangered World Heritage Site, accused by locals and conservationists of decimating the environment.

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Associated Press OKAPI WILDLIFE RESERVE, Congo (AP) — For eight years, a Chinese mining company has been vastly expanding inside an endangered World Heritage Site, accused by locals and conservationists of decimating the environment. The Okapi Wildlife Reserve became a protected site in 1996, due to its unique biodiversity and large number of threatened species, including its namesake, the okapi, a forest giraffe, of which it holds some 15% of t…

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In Ituri province in eastern Congo, a Chinese-run gold mine is rapidly devouring an area that many believe should never be mined: the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, a world heritage site that is endangered.

在位於剛果東部的伊圖里省（Ituri），一家由中國人經營的金礦正在迅速蠶食著許多人認為根本不應該開採的區域——霍加皮野生動物保護區（the Okapi Wildlife Reserve），這是一個瀕臨滅絕的世界遺產地。

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By Sam Mednick | Associated Press OKAPI WILDLIFE RESERVE, Congo — Scattered along the banks of the Ituri River, buildings cram together, cranes transport dirt and debris scatters the soil. The patches of trees are a scant reminder that a forest once grew there. Nestled in eastern Congo’s Ituri province, the Chinese-run gold mine is rapidly encroaching on an area that many say it shouldn’t be operating in at all – the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, an e…

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Chinese gold mine encroaches on UN protected site in Congo

OKAPI WILDLIFE RESERVE, Congo (AP) — Scattered along the banks of the Ituri River, buildings cram together, cranes transport dirt and debris scatters the soil. The patches of trees are a scant reminder that a forest once grew there.

Chinese gold mining threatens a protected UN heritage site in Congo

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