Friday, April 3, 2009

Fascinating look into a certain life | Fighting Congo's Poachers



Jonas Eriksson, a son of Swedish missionaries, grew up in Congo (DRC). He spent his childhood in remote parts of the Congo before studying biology. Jonas specialised in analysing bonobo DNA; while collecting the samples he traversed large parts of the Central Congolese rainforest - mostly on foot or by bicycle. Meanwhile Jonas has focused on conservations issues, mainly patrolling the Salonga National park to keep out poachers. This video is part of a feature that appeared in Nature (Vol.447, 7 June 2007, pp. 635-636).