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long the Democratic Republic of Congo’s 200-kilometre border with South Sudan lies the Garamba National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The park is home to a host of endangered species – including around 47 of the rare Kordofan giraffe, as well as 1,300 elephants – but many of them are under threat from bushmeat hunters and ivory poachers. who often consist of armed groups, including the Lord’s Resistance Army, South Sudanese rebels and other regional groups.
Best known for her breakthrough study on chimpanzees and her activist work around the world, today, Jane Goodall focuses her efforts as much on conserving the natural environment as helping the people who depend on it. She sat down with Capacity4dev to explain the link between the two.