Corneille Ewango
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Corneille Ewango is a Congolese environmentalist, and was responsible for the Okapi Faunal Reserve's botany program in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 1996 to 2003. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2005[1] for his efforts to protect the Okapi Wildlife Reserve in the Ituri Rainforest during the Congo Civil War. The reserve is home to the Mbuti people, and houses animals such as okapis (found nowhere else), elephants and 13 primate species. Ewango has uncovered 270 species of lianas and 600 tree species in the area.
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- ^ Goldman Environmental Prize 2005: Corneille Ewango (Retrieved on November 5, 2007)
External links [edit]
- GoldmanPrize.com – 2005 Goldman Environmental Prize recipient
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