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i us, i me okay to down the street. we're talking about the congo basin. that is the location of the world's 2nd largest rating forest. it is also homer to tropical pia lance, the world's largest tropical paint lands. it is a carbon sink, which means that it absorbs carbon dioxide rather than creates carbon dioxide and also the natural habitat for gorillas. soon to be also the site, the gas, an oil prospectus. take a look. oh, with an estimated potential for me to bring in bottles of oil in 3 major city mean 2 basins and 66000000 cubic meters of methane gas and they keep the asi is a new destination of investments for oil and gas companies from $20.00 to $29.00 to like 2020 to the hydrocarbons ministry of t. r. c will open as

a bidding on for exploration and production rights. on $27.00 petroleum plots, and 3 gas logs in, they keep international and national oil and gas companies. i invited to join the means, ya see as a new destination for investments. welcome to d r. c. today show is the democratic republic of congo putting all and gas revenues ahead of the global climate crisis. joining us, we have simon and bone. they're going to give us their expert takes nice to have both of you with a simon you tell an audience what you do. yeah, i'm a scientist. i work on climate change and tropical forests. so i've worked in the congo basin for many years now trying to understand his role in the global climate system gets a happy alan. bon, welcome to the strain. tell our audience what you take a thank you. send me another tenens. equalization add to this to i think of myself as having a paint and for him to find the stories of communities picking up for the rights to

a silver healthy environment and standing up against the greed of big business and the vested interest of governments. and what, most importantly, i'm head of communications with greenpeace africa, which gives me plenty of opportunity to talk the stories are, i'm looking forward to those stories. so audience viewers watching night. now, if you're new to the comment section is open and available for you. many of you, i know, understand the pros and cons of natural resources and fossil fuels. what do you think about the d r c opening itself up for oil and gas prospectors? put your comments, your questions right here. we did try to involve the d. r. c government. let me tell you all of the people that we reached out to ministry of hybrid hydrocarbons. the environment ministry, the ministry of communications. he said, yes, yes, we do want to be on the stream and then complete ghosted ass. but i am so glad that we have been born and simon, because they are right here. i wouldn't dream of ghosting as if you're watching

government of the asi comment section. of you chip, please, please be part of our shape. all right, so let's take a look at this area in the congo basin, where there are opening up options and bidding for oil and gas prospectors. i if you look around the edge, you see what those red areas are. those are the areas that are going to be up for, for bidding right now, all the way through to april of next year. simon, what do you see in that graphic and, and bang, i want to ask you the same thing. what does that say to you that well, to me is, is a big problems on the horizon. because those red areas, my team estimate cover $11000000.00 hectares of tropical rainforest. i love the all the communities that are living there, all the plants and animals. within the 11000000 hector is 1000000

hectares of tropical peace. some of the most carbon dens systems and if those areas are opened up even just to look for oil, then that could open the floodgates to wildlife loss, deforestation, and all sorts of problems for the local community. and both from a community perspective, is this an opportunity for the communities in those areas where there's going to be prospecting or is it opening up some real problems for them in terms of what that land will look like? what, what farming will look like? what their livelihood will look like for me, i will tell you what i see there is i'll ride cartridge by the government of the d . c on these people. and of course, the wildlife. the areas that you mapped in read a very rich ecosystems that does causing some of the most p c

national reserves in the geography and it's home to millions of people. i think we are over 40 villages just between the been by lake region and the crystal province, which is africa had the privilege of visiting just before the options happened on july 28th. and for this communities, what they see is complete disaster because you will recall it's over for 60 years now. 40 is more, more to be exact. that's some of the alarm who already transformed into conservation parks, which were very, which means restrictions to how they could function and how they could operate. and then for the past they could, they've been having to deal with the team in the gulf t, my exploration and a full from mrs. king with that. and to, to know that the atlanta up for auction has been a sort of fear of despair and outreach for this community. so what i see there, it's, it's, it's nothing but college and total disaster for the communities that are leaving.

and standing on this lands, i want to bring into our conversation allen, connie, he's a congress journalist. he's been reporting on this is ocean, that is happening right now. in the d. c. l is really good to have you. when you're reporting on this, this is a good news story for people in the d. c. thank you very much for the me and i don't think it may be a good news for you. but you know the people are a little bit. what did they know very well? it's not resources which the government does, it have to change the tissue as the government is trying to convince people that this really includes what is up with the budget. so the come of the country if you will allow, for example, the country to tackle detroit the 2 issue. we come from these guys, the oil or opening for us to, to do for the,

for us to come inside. when you talk with people you discussed with the population that you don't feel like people really warm about the idea because they know very well, but out of the for it which they know. and also we have towers and need to know people are living their life depend on for with and also the lake which ours are targeted by the government with this project, people, they do not need a well that it is not about this is all about money for the nutrition or government, but it's not like it, this would change more something very special in their life. no. well, this is all about politics and politicians trying to, to, to talk to some of the different projects on for, for their own interest. so yes, people are not really, they don't take it as a big story or a big achievement, which the government may, may achieve the coming they buy. they do believe that it's all about money and so

on. but the countries still have so many capacity to do to get to money by using the option. as i said, this is interesting because on youtube and among and signing on you just as a conversation about. but the d r c, it needs to be developed. isn't this a good opportunity to have funds to develop the d. c? because it isn't at the moment among but you know, when i'm wrong and, and then you start guide a college, you know, the country when you go in custody. for example, if you people are, they all know that we have, for example, enough we know which, which will help you to kind of be developed if you elect you. i'm ready. so my mind remind out is how many minerals the biase has the odyssey as

the most of the, i think the big resolve of cobalt, for example in the region we have right now the country is trying to open a legion on its rotation in the area of katana, this will be a $1000000000.00 in company in the country, and also we have been living with this municipal years right now. but people still the same question that i was saying previously, what the countries did with the money from the mean. that was, what are we doing with the money from the mean it was up to now it is all about to really on that we are talking about a year. so it's not like a capacity. yes. and i think that makes a very good point for me. because we need to understand that if sending off resources to the highest was the way for the d. c to improve its economy to become, to, to, to, to look after the interest of its people as the government has been saying over the past month. that is to be a g 7 nation by now, but that's to approach a very,

a very new colonial approach of extraction and shipping out of the country has still persistently, i'm happy and been mentioned to read about the reactions on the ground because that is exactly what our team also found out when we're visiting some of the villages or the communities that will be affected by the auction. it is complete outreach because they know that government after goldman, they've been given promises of how the spelling of the forest would make life better offending selling all the the cold. but the, all of the other minerals will transform your life. but those promises have never delivered, and it's going to be the same thing. 10 years after this, pipelines are a barrier and all shipped out of your c. it will be the same situation. it will be hard sheet and for the despair for communities who are leaving life now. depending on the, on the lake, for fishing, depending on differential food and all of the be taken away funded son i, i want to share

a here with you and it goes back to this. there's 2 clips side by side. so one is november 2021, and this is at cop. and then we go to july 2022, which is a in kinshasa where the ocean begins. the thing person is in both of these courses, present, felix chest, a caddy. and in one he is promising to preserve the rain voice and the other one he's offering up. it'll slots of land the people to prospect in then. same suits, different message. let's take a look. live for a few months under the forests of the congo basin represents the 2nd lung of the world and contribute largely to the regulation of the global climate balance. however, this fast forest is exposed to the risks of deforestation expose in the framework of the effective implementation of the paras agreements. it is imperative to take into account the mitigation of these risks as otherwise

a major ecological crisis could result you. it's erica, in a win win partnership that respects environmental standards and the interests of local communities. with these words, i am delighted to solemnly launch to day the bidding process for 27 oil blocks and 3 gospel oh, what happened, simon? well, who knows exactly what happened and obviously is up to the goggle is a government to decide how to manage is different obligations, internationally and nationally. but what i find so shocking about this and, and, and it, it shocks the international community is there, this oil auction was announced very hastily and with 0, no environmental or social, or other impact assessment of what the impact might be of this oil exploration. and

that is, i think just anti democratic to, to push this on to the calling people without having done the honda live work and present it to the core people. these are the likely impacts of going down this route versus delay the impacts of going down another route. how can anyone make a sensible decision about whether this is a useful way to go or not? and i think that's because really they know deep down, that is not a sensible way to go. and i think crucially, what a lot of people miss in this debate is that nobody knows how much oil is there. there might be no, that's commercially viable extractable. so there may be a case where people put in very low bids, the government make very little money, but then they open up the forest to go and do the oil prospecting, and less in the commercial hunters. and that's the end of all the animals,

the illegal commercial loggers and as the end of the big trees and then is this opened up, degraded forest stays, very easy slated for outright deforestation. so you could have millions of tens of deforestation in the heart of the congo basin for an even no benefit financially to the congress. he's gotten this is entirely and thought through and really needs a reassessment, which is why i was very glad that the us government's recent did the data. they were very unhappy about speed. it was happening without all the safe cause and checks in place. and they needed to be slow down and to do all the studies before thinking about going ahead. let me, let me play. that was the secretary of state entry blank. and in the d. c,

quite recently assigned mom was saying, i just got to play for our audience what he said, and the key points in the simon's so let me show them if i wouldn't festival back up 26. the world data collected pledge of $1500000000.00 to support the congo basins forest. so in that context, we had concerns about the announcement of the auction of these oil and gas exploration blocks. we agreed to work together to establish from a working group to help con, believes, achieve a balanced approach, responsible development of the company's resources that contributes to condos, economic growth and generating jobs by conserving irreplaceable forests and other ecosystems. and by undertaking development projects only after carrying out rigorous environmental impact assessments, the d r c can act on behalf of all those people to protect are shared home. let me ask a few questions, is audience and watching on youtube,

and they want to ask you some questions. i'm going to ask you the quick questions and i me quick answers so we can cover a lot of territory. ok, shavanne says the pursuit of eco friendly endeavors is different. but africans who alone, what do you make of that? come again on the question. the pursuit of eco friendly endeavors is different for africans who africans have a different approach to the environment sustainability. preserving they rang forest than other regions of the countries. all the continents yeah, different this is exactly also the case. the one i was coming in debate. busy my colleague talking about the tissue in the park, for example, today if you pick, for example, the protein, while the parent opens the water, you will see for example, the priority. nobody should be something because we have this big path which

supposed to be open. but this is one of the part that the, the conky need to use it for 2 reasons, but they are unable 1st of all, to provide even the curity for tourists in this buck to provide money for the country. and nothing is really guaranteed today that even these people will be walking on this project in this box will be a coupe. this will be another security if they can meet the issue in the original. if you take, for example, the problem which are given, rated to be in the region, you take the nigel delta for example. you know, how many groups of down been created in these issues? what petroleum nigeria and you take the case now in that is done on the most part of the spit or block. i look at it in what you, what one more than 150. i'm the group in the region. and all of these people will be turning now you have turning around minerals and water will be turning around dispatch or visions. this is exactly the problem that people should think about

because we are unable to secure the 4th. and now we hope in the crowd. it is not the same. yes. but if you have answers and probably from an african perspective there, it's a complex conversation. i'm going to bring in such thirties from the rain forest. the lights for the d. c is a country director, and i was wondering, as i was thinking about is prospecting or opening up the congo base and the potential oil and gas exploration. i was wondering about does the d. r, the government have any environmental if you need a tool? and then search came forward with this positive spend. let's have a listen. jessica mentioned the locals presented jessica place and also the recent bill diversity. it also took an guzman from the area. and so i want to know about how to

move from one guy. he just doesn't want to be maintaining no, that's always posted voice. i've had anything tie a conversation so far. for me, that's a positive boys which isn't positive actually because you know that the kids in protected areas are overlapping the areas that are up for auction for oil and gas exploration. so to see that the d. c. government has done is due diligence is faulty, is nothing but faulty. in addition to that, it is, there is no way we can sit here and say that the government is doing its best. because even before the officers came on, when we announce they have been case after case of illegal for as concise one's been granted by one minister after the other. and then miss mentioned it at the beginning is really about every member of the leads. thinking of how to reach

themselves as soon as they can before the leaf power. and i think that's what is happening with oil block options as well. it is nothing, there's nothing, environmentally friendly. we know that no environmental impact assessment was conducted and that is the least you do before going ahead of the project like this . if you really care about the environment. so joan, on you chips on i will share this one with you because i, i sometimes think about they said be convening like cop particular cop 26 where the develop world had a starts and the developing world. did not leslie have a big enough seat at the table, so jonah says no one can tell. no one in africa can tell the united states where to drill for oil that they seen. i'm going to finish the sentence of thought here. they seem to think that they can tell africans what to do with their natural resources. so what simon?

yeah, i completely agree with that it's, it's a real, it's a real problem, the global and balance of power. and for me, as a scientist, what should be providing is the information and then the congress, people, and the congress goldman can make the best decisions with the best available information. it shouldn't be for people from outside to make those decisions far. we do have to remember that we live in a very globalized world now, and that should be to the benefit of d, r c. and it's forests. now we all know about no whole diseases from covey 19, and they're all novel diseases. no doubt. it in the depths of the congo forest and opening up for all x rays and having people go in there and come out reg, in the increases the likelihood of another one of the novel diseases spreading

around the world and the cost of that to people and the cost of that, the global economy vastly our way, any income from the oil and gas. so it is incumbent now on the united states in europe. another place to tell hunger how to develop. but they should be to helping as much as possible about how they can develop in new ways and not the way to the past, which is is in sheets of are providing all materials for the west. has to be a different way for along there and, and atlanta. i know you're familiar with this as africans, we often talk about the, the natural resources cuts. but i actually think it's not really about natural resources. it's about leadership and maybe the corruption so spilt pe, he is a professor of political science and i think he sort of, i was going to say he, he named the corolla in the room, which is very appropriate for this conversation. this is what he told us,

elia or revenues could generate billions of dollars of revenues for the democratic republic of congo government that it could potentially use to provide infrastructure to help the poorest in the country. however, congress track record of doing this with its mining revenues is atrocious. congo as record of using its resources that well from its resources is atrocious. could it change? could 2023 be different alone it very, it's very tough to log which would be whether you would be deeper there probably. i mean ah, and where we're just with just lost alons micah fi laser. there's one question left, simon. it's just the very end of this conversation because we're talking about the world 2nd last rain forest being a carbon sanctum, what it brings to us is

a global community in a sentence, can you sum that up? so we don't forget what we might be disturbing if we prospect in that area. sure. dead. there's congo basin is removing around $1500000000.00 tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every single year. that's what it's doing to help unity of which the d. r c government and d r c. people currently get no financial, no finance from that. okay. and that has to change. we have to recognize what an important place this is. thank he simon, thank you. and bon friend, me like allen as i got william collins and collections on youtube as well. excellent questions. appreciate it. i'll see you next time. take half it, buddy. ah, this november the well company is coming to cut off and the clock is ticking as the

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