19/06/2014 (Agence Europe) - Joint call to save Virunga Natioonal Park. On 18 June, European Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs and Belgium's Minister for Cooperation Jean Pascal Labille made a joint call for the defence of Virunga National Park. The park, which is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage site and is home to mountain gorillas, is threatened by the oil exploration activities of British company Soco International. Piebalgs and Labille “call on the shareholders of Soco...