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Chadwick, D.H.
Ndoki last Place on Earth
1995 National Geographic: 2-37
In a remote of central Africa runs a river called Ndoki (which means "sorcerer" in the Lingala language). Its waters flow from a tropical forest that supports groups of Pygmies and a greater abundance of wildlife than exists perhaps anywhere else on the continent. Teeming with leopards and golden cats, gorillas and elephants, this jungle also harbors chimpanzees that may never have encountered a human being. It is one of the world`s last undisturbed natural sanctuaries.- Steamy, insect infested, forbidding, the region is not only threatening but threatened too, by loggers and poachers. -A coalition of organizations led by the Wildlife Conservation Society has been trying to save it. In 1993 a team from National Geographic set off to document this wilderness. -Working conditions were miserable, and just getting there was an ordeal. But when our team finally came home, physically and emotionally drained after more than a year of intermittent treks, they experienced a slice of Africa that feels like another world. This is what they discovered.
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