Takeaways from AP’s report on Chinese gold mining threatening endangered protected site in Congo ...Middle East

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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. The original boundaries of the reserve were established three decades ago, by Congo’s government and encompassed the area where the Chinese company now mines. But over the years under opaque circumstances, the boundaries shrunk, allowing the company to operate inside the plush forest. Rights groups in Congo are calling on the gover

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