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Conservationists have called for a
to the "rapidly expanding"
of mining. They asked the government to revoke the mining company's
, to "protect the
forest ecosystem and the local communities that depend on it". They warned that: "There is almost no wildlife left around the
itself, and wildlife numbers are
reduced around mining towns. There have even been
of armed hunters trafficking okapi skins and elephant
in and around the mines." They added that: "If the Congo government acts now, this
World Heritage Site can
be saved."
