‘I like impossible missions’: A conservationist’s mission to turn around Salonga’s fate

Mongabay
Apr 8, 2026, 6:50 am123 ptsTrending
SALONGA, Democratic Republic of Congo — At nearly 70 years old, Spanish conservationist Luis Arranz is taking on what he calls a new “impossible mission”: changing the fate of Salonga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo. “I like difficult missions,” Arranz told Mongabay during a recent…

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