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Conservationists have called for an
halt to the "rapidly expanding"
of mining. They have urged the government to revoke the mining company's
, to "protect the unique forest ecosystem and the local
that depend on it". The conservationists warned that: "Miners are
eating the reserve out of its wildlife by hunting animals for food. There is almost no wildlife left around the mine itself, and wildlife numbers are
reduced around mining towns. There have even been
of armed hunters trafficking okapi
and elephant
in and around the mines." They added that: "If the Congo government acts now, this
World Heritage Site can still be saved."
