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Should the Military Force Protect the Environment?

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Over the past couple of decades, at least two paramilitary groups in the Central African Republic have operated with government approval, as reported recently in an article on "armed environmentalism" in The Ecologist, a British magazine.

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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.

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Africa’s Barbets

10,000 Birds

Gray-throated Barbet is one of the plainer members of the African Barbet family. This image is from Bwindi Impenetrable Gorilla National Park, Uganda. Bristle-nosed Barbet is a West African sister species of Gray-throated. Note the strange nasal tufts at the base of the bill.

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