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Corneille Ewango: held van het Kongolese oerwoud

Filmed Jun 2007 • Posted Jul 2008TEDGlobal 2007
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Botanist Corneille Ewango praat over zijn werk in het Okapi Fauna Reservaat in het Kongo Basin -- en zijn heroïsche werk om het te beschermen tegen stropers, mijnbouw en oplaaiende burgeroorlogen.

As a botanist at the Okapi Wildlife Reserve in the Congo basin, Corneille Ewango has faced down poachers and soldiers who threaten this delicate and vital ecosystem. Full bio »

Translated into Dutch by Axel Saffran
Reviewed by Frans Kellner
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