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Central Africa's "Pygmies" gain from ecotourism
afrol News - In three bordering national parks, covering parts of Cameroon, Congo Brazzaville and the Central African Republic, the most marginalised peoples have found new revenue sources as ecotourism projects are becoming successful. BaAka "Pygmies" are finally being paid in cash for having managed their forest livelihoods well for generations.
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Critical lack of health workers in Brazzaville
afrol News / IRIN - Congo Brazzaville's Minister of Health, Social Affairs and Family, Emilienne Raoul, has raised concerns that a critical lack of qualified staff in the public health sector will have repercussions for the population's health. She warns of a regional "human resources crisis."
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Environment - Nature
Forests and deforestation in Africa
- the wasting of an immense resource
afrol News - Except for the Congo Basin, Africa's frontier forests have largely been destroyed, primarily by loggers and by farmers clearing land for agriculture. In West Africa, nearly 90 percent of the original moist forest is gone, and what remains is heavily fragmented and degraded. Today, West African unspoiled forests are restricted to one patch in Côte d'Ivoire and another along the border between Nigeria and Cameroon. Read more
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