After years of civil war, South Sudan turns its focus to wildlife conservation • FRANCE 24 English

The world’s youngest nation of South Sudan, which emerged after decades of civil war, is home to the world’s biggest conservation project twice the size of Portugal. The conflicts have had an unintended consequence: they delayed development, meaning few roads were built, keeping poachers out and allowing wildlife to flourish. Last year, African Parks, a Johannesburg-based conservation organisation, was given a 10-year mandate by the government to try to protect an area of 200,000km2 – an ecosystem stretching from the White Nile in the west to the Ethiopian borderlands in the East. Can this once war-torn nation redefine itself by using its natural riches to become a safe haven for wildlife? FRANCE 24 Correspondent Olivia Bizot reports. 
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[JeremiahNebankaa-diwd]

This is good news, it will boost the tourism sector of South Sudan. My plea to the people of South Sudan is that they should really preserve this treasure. Watching from Cameroon.

[Heegooat]

Please dont let them take it away from you as they have taken from us(kenya) and left us to die(pastoralists)

[swtsk]

South Sudan... say goodbye to your ancestral and wildlife lands and mineral resources in the name of "tourism" and "conservation"

[FutoXar]

That's beutiful😢 we comming to adopt from you in the future as kenya stole and put all our wild animals in parks as soon as we get peace .much love from Somalia