Sudan’s Wildlife Thrives Despite War Zone
Boma, Sudan (CNN) — Flying high above the dry, sweeping plains of southern Sudan, Paul Elkan is a man on a mission.
The director of the region’s Wildlife Conservation Society, he is tasked with surveying a wilderness that has been off-limits to international researchers for the best part of 30 years.
“It’s one of the last wilderness areas in Africa, one of the last great wilderness areas in the world,” Elkan told CNN. “You have a very large savannah ecosystem that is adjacent to the largest wetland in Africa. So there are a lot of superlatives here in southern Sudan.”
For many years, conservationists feared the distinctive wildlife documented by researchers in southern Sudan before the conflict had been hunted to extinction.
But recent surveys in the region have revealed that not only did many animals survive, they are thriving.
Read the full article and watch a video clip at CNN.com
Tags: Sudan
