Some 50,000 households will be affected by Soco seismic testing in Virunga National Park says WWF by RFI published on 2014-04-24T16:07:08Z In the Democratic Republic of Congo, local civil society organizations located near Virunga National Park in North Kivu and international organizations called on Thursday for Soco International, an oil exploration company, not to conduct seismic tests in the park. Virunga is Africa's oldest national park. Over 50,000 households in the area rely on nearby Lake Edward for fishing. Soco would close off portions of the lake to look for oil reserves, blocking people from making a living. RFI's Laura Angela Bagnetto spoke to Jean-Baptiste Roelens, a Virunga campaign support officer with the World Wildlife Fund in Kinshasa. He says that the testing will have a long-term impact on the people and the wildlife in the area: Genre DemocraticRepublicofCongo