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Resources & Links
Web Links | NGS
Resources | Additional Resources
Web
Links
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Zoo: Congo Gorilla Forest
http://www.congogorillaforest.com
Information on gorillas, elephants, okapi, mandrills, and other fauna
native to the rain forests of central Africa.
Central
African Regional Program for the Environment
http://carpe.gecp.virginia.edu
Learn more about conservation efforts in the Congo Basin, a five-country
region that includes the Republic of Congo and Gabon.
CIA
World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
Get thumbnail country profiles for the Republic of Congo and Gabon.
CNN:
Africa Takes Tentative Steps Toward Protecting Rainforests
http://www.cnn.com/NATURE/9908/06/africa.rainforests
Story from August 6, 1999.
Rainforest
Related Sites
http://rain-tree.com/links.htm
Extensive, annotated list compiled by Raintree Nutrition.
Wildlife
Conservation Society
http://www.wcs.org
This New York City organization supports Michael Fay’s research.
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NGS
Resources
| ADVENTURE |
Ward, Logan. “Gorillas
in the Aftermath.” Pages 61-64, Spring 1999. |
NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC |
Fay, Michael and Michael Nichols.
“Forest Elephants.” Pages 100-113, February 1999. |
| Book |
National Geographic’s
Last Wild Places. 1996. |
NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC |
Chadwick, Douglas H. “Ndoki—Last
Place on Earth.” Pages 2-45, July 1995. |
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Additional
Resources
McNeil, Jr., Donald G. “The Great Ape Massacre.”
The New York Times Magazine. May 9, 1999.
O’Hanlon, Redmond. No Mercy: A Journey to
the Heart of the Congo. Alfred A. Knopf. 1997.
Struhsaker, Thomas T. Ecology of an African Rain
Forest. University Press of Florida. 1999.
Turnbull, Colin M. The Forest People. Touchstone
Books. 1987.
Winternitz, Helen. East Along the Equator: A
Journey Up the Congo and into Zaire. Atlantic Monthly Press. 1987.
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1999 National Geographic Society. All rights reserved.
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