Unesco Wildlife Park Targeted for Oil Exploration in Zimbabwe.

Shalom Mining Ltd. has applied to explore for oil and gas in Mana Pools, which has been designated as a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, according to a notice in the Zimbabwean Government Gazette. "On the banks of the Zambezi, great cliffs overhang the river and the floodplains", Unesco says, describing the site. [Extracted from the article]