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Pig iron plant in Argentina could cause environmental damage - Ms Alicia

BNamericas reported that the possible installation of a pig iron plant by Brazilian producer Vetorial Siderurgia in Argentina's El Chaco province could cause severe environmental damage.

Ms Alicia Terada a congresswoman from the province told BNamericas that "The plant would consume 180,000 tonne per year of charcoal from native forests. That would mean the destruction of about 400,000 trees each year.”

Ms Alicia said that "And in this case El Chaco province would contribute 100% of the charcoal resulting in major deforestation.”

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Africa's Oldest National Park In Crisis

by Jon Hamilton

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Map of Virunga National Park

The Threat To Virunga

Watch a video from National Geographic about the problems facing Virunga National Park.


Conservationist Emmanuel de Merode Courtesy of WildlifeDirect



Weekend Edition Saturday, July 5, 2008 · One of the world's great wildlife sanctuaries is literally going up in smoke. The hardwood forests of Virunga National Park in Central Africa are being cut down to support a lucrative — and illegal — trade in charcoal. If the destruction continues at its present rate, most of the trees in southern Virunga will be gone in a decade.

Virunga, founded in 1925, includes the mountains where the late anthropologist Dian Fossey did her research for the book Gorillas in the Mist. But endangered mountain gorillas, several of which were recently found murdered execution-style, are just part of the story.
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