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Aby L Sène

Aby L Sène is assistant professor in parks and conservation area management at Clemson University.

Defenders: The Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has more than 680 rangers from local villages. They are employed by the Congolese National Park Authority to protect it from poachers and logging but militia groups have killed more than 200 rangers since 1925. Photo: Alexis Huguet/AFP
AFRICA

Save Africa from conservationists

Indigenous peoples know how to conserve biodiversity far better than any so-called experts in the capitalist Global North

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