New satellite images show potential EACOP impact may be worse than feared

New satellite images show potential EACOP impact may be worse than feared

New map images from Earth Insight chart EACOP oil pipeline impacts in Uganda, Tanzania and the DRC.

New satellite imagery shows the full extent of the environmental threats posed by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP). 

The images come from a satellite data programme run by Norway's International Climate and Forests Initiative (NICFI), and have been annotated by the Earth Insight research group in the United States. 

The maps show potential impacts in Uganda's Murchison Falls National Park, in the Virunga National Park of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and along Tanzania's coastline.

Read the story in The Africa Report