Stories: Conservation
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Myanmar’s Inle Lake is just a small body of water, but this man is dedicating his life to saving it
In the early morning hours on Myanmar’s Inle Lake the quiet is broken by small tourist boats rumbling across the water to catch some of the lake’s famous performing fishermen. The motorboats slow to an idle to watch as a father and his young son step onto the prows of their canoes, balance on one foot,...
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Arusha National Park
The crater at Arusha National Park in Tanzania. Monkeys in the sky. Melody Wilson is an expert animal spotter. Oh, and Kilimanjaro. Driving by Arusha. Almudena Toral is reporting from Tanzania as a fellow with the International Reporting Project (IRP).
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Up Close With Amazing Gorillas in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park
It's early morning in the mountains of northwestern Rwanda. There's cool mist and anticipation in the air. Time to go gorilla trekking. Nearly 500 live in the mountains straddling Rwanda, Uganda and Congo, 25 percent closely watched by the nearby Karisoke Research Center, a legacy of the late Dian Fossey. It is one of the largest mountain gorilla populations in...