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Uganda’s Hard To Miss Monkeys

10,000 Birds

Kibale National Park, in the west of the Central African nation of Uganda, is home to a 13 primate species, from Common Chimpanzees to bush-babies. They weren’ the only primates we saw around the station, baboons were common, as were Ugandan Red Colobus. Feeding on the succulent new leaves.

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Dreaming of Congo rainforest: Gabon, Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic

10,000 Birds

The Congo Basin, second in size only to the Amazon, spans six countries: south-eastern Cameroon, portions of southern Central African Republic, the north and central Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and the Republic of Congo. million hectares of forest cover each year.

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Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

10,000 Birds

Now that the colony is off limits for hunting, the population has grown and the village is benefitting tremendously from entry and guide fees, and a school is being built courtesy of conservation funds. Official estimates suggest that logging is proceeding at about four million cubic meters per annum – four times the sustainable rate.

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