Wildlife Key to South Sudan’s Future as New Nation

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giraffe badingilo national park south sudan photo Group of giraffes in Badingilo National Park, South Sudan. Photo credit: © Paul Elkan/Wildlife Conservation Society. Ravaged by two civil wars over five decades, the world's newest nation has still managed to retain rich wildlands and massive populations of wildlife -- resources that conservationists say must become as important as oil for the new country to succeed in developing in...Read the full story on TreeHugger