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Aerial view of Ogooué River.
© Carl Hopkins, 1998 |
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Why Go to Gabon?
Gabon's rain forests and freshwater ecosystems are rich with species found nowhere else in the world. Scientists believe that Gabon's rain forests support some of the highest levels of diversity on earth, although they have not yet been studied in depth.
Off to the Rain Forest
In January, 1998, Dr. Melanie Stiassny and an international team of researchers set out to learn about Gabonese fish and the rivers they live in. They followed in the footsteps of the Victorian explorer Mary Henrietta Kingsley, who made a similar expedition to Gabon 100 years ago.
Relatively little data has been collected in the region since then.
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