High risk, low pay for DRC rangers entrusted to guard a gorilla sanctuary

Mongabay
Oct 8, 2021, 4:30 am208 pts
At the age of 13, Marie Jeanne Bora Ntianabo already knew she wanted to be a park ranger. Today, she’s one of 250 rangers protecting Kahuzi-Biega National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, home to rare and threatened species like Grauer’s gorillas (Gorilla beringei graueri), from poachers and gold…

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