Partnering up to run a DRC reserve: Interview with Forgotten Parks’ Christine Lain
via news.mongabay.com
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In the early 2010s, Upemba National Park in the southern Democratic Republic of Congo was a case study in the dysfunction of some protected areas in Africa. Park rangers and staff were regularly harassed or killed by armed militias embroiled in the region’s long-running conflicts, and wildlife numbers had declined sharply as a result of […]