Focus Africa
Political stakeholders, scientists and experts from the Congo Basin region, met for the Third Partners Meeting of Global Peatlands Initiative held in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.
Top of the discussion menus were environmental conservation issues, as well as the need for international community to draw up compensation mechanisms for the benefit of governments and local communities.
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Why is Botswana threatening to send herdes of elephants to Germany?
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