@article{2020:makungu:hydrocarbo,
title = {Hydrocarbon Governance and Environmental Protection in the Democratic Republic of Congo},
year = {2020},
note = {The Congolese hydrocarbons sector is one of the key areas of the
national economy and constitutes one of the main resources for
financing the state budget. However, the uncontrolled exploitation of
hydrocarbons can have consequences on the environment as a whole,
which is a natural resource essential to human life and to terrestrial
and marine biodiversity. To this end, the first principle of the
Stockholm Declaration adopted by the 1972 United Nations Conference on
the Human Environment states that “Man has a fundamental right to
freedom, equality and adequate conditions of life, in an environment
of a quality that permits a life of dignity and well-being. He has a
solemn duty to protect and improve the environment for present and
future generations”. From the above, the protection of the
environment is part of the international commitments of States to
promote, in particular, sustainable development. In the Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC), on the other hand, the lack of an adequate
policy on hydrocarbon exploitation and environmental protection has
enormous repercussions and unfortunate consequences on the entire
Congolese population despite the absolute poverty that the latter is
already experiencing. This paper awaits the implementation of adequate
proposals to enable policy makers to know where to start in order to
ensure sound hydrocarbon governance and sustainable environmental
protection in the DRC. It is also a question of demonstrating that
sound governance of hydrocarbons and environmental protection
requires, in particular, the participation and efforts of everyone:
first of all a political will, then a strong involvement of the public
authorities, of the companies which invest in the hydrocarbons sector,
and a change in the mentalities of the citizens for the integral and
sustainable development of the DRC in line with its hydrocarbon
potential.},
journal = {RiA Recht in Afrika | Law in Africa | Droit en Afrique},
pages = {103--119},
author = {Makungu, Ursil Lelo Di and Valentin, Blaise Iyamba and Ular, Augustin Bedidjo and Bolimia, Daddy Bogole and Ntekenge, Juvénal Madigo and Akemane, Richard Mandandi and Zogi, Martin Amisa and Chalachala, Nadyne-Clémence and Lofongola, Didier Okoto and Tshimpanga, Ibrahim},
volume = {23},
number = {1}
}