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Corneille Ewango is a Hero of the Congo Forest

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Corneille Ewango is a Hero of the Congo Forest

 

Corneille Ewango grew up in a family of poachers and hunters -- it was simply a way of life in his village. But when he got the chance to go to school, he found a new mission -- to study and preserve the flora and fauna of his region, the Congo Basin forest. In his passion for the forest, Ewango found himself an unwitting hero, taking bold steps to secure its resources and convince warring parties to leave it in peace of Hospedagem de Sites.

The Congo Basin's great forests are under pressure from many angles. Settlers look here for fresh farmland; miners look for deposits of valuable col-tan; and soldiers fight over the forests both as territory to be won and as a resource for bush meat (from the threatened okapi) and cooking charcoal. It's home to families of pygmies and herds of okapi -- and a treasure house of green, growing things.

Ewango won the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2005 for his work at the Okapi Faunal Reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a World Heritage Site.  He's now studying in the United States.

Questions before you watch the Ewango lecture:

1.       How do you think the failure of peace and the actions of war affect the natural environment of plants and animals?

2.       How can a biologist who does scientific study of plants and animals contribute to human peace and social justice?

3.       Have you ever been in an unexpected situation where your actions helped preserve the environment or bring about a more peaceful solution to a problem?  What did you do?

 Questions after you watch the Ewango lecture:

 

1.       Corneille Ewango changed his mind about poaching after he went to school to study biology.  What does he think is the most important way that people outside Africa can do to help animals and plants in natural reserves in Africa?  Why does he say is it important to help people in order to help the natural world?

2.       Corneille Ewango used his knowledge of languages and technology to get information about the war in Congo to the rest of the world.  How did he use communication to bring pressure on the military leaders to stop destroying the wildlife reserve?

3.       How would you describe Corneille Ewango's contribution to peace and social justice in Congo as a person and a scientist?  How does he contribute to peace and justice as an individual as well as a professional?

4.       This talk gives an example of how use of mineral resources (for cell phones) disrupts an entire environment.  Did you know that something you use every day impacts the life of elephants, chimpanzees and okapi?  How does this interconnectedness change your understanding of peace and social justice?

 

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