Seeing the Forest for the Trees
Like many of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s nature reserves, the massive Mangrove Marine Park has world class habitat and little funding to protect it. Deforestation for charcoal and poaching threatens the landscape, but regulations eliminate villagers’ ways of life. How does a tiny staff patrol such a huge landscape and protect its people?
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roadsandkingdoms.com
Published: May 25, 2017
Length: 9 minutes (2,354 words)