Henry David Thoreau once said, "In wildness is the preservation of the world." Some of the most beautiful wild places are in remote regions of some of our most war-torn countries, like Afghanistan. But wildness there, according to an article in the journal Oryx, seems to be doing surprisingly well: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8269544&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0030605310000517
More good news: The Wildlife Conservation Society has found signs that the endangered snow leopard population in Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor may be on the rise: http://www.wcs.org/press/press-releases/camera-traps-capture-afghanistan-snow-leopards.aspx
One of the world's most spectacular wild areas is Band-e Amir National Park, in Central Afghanistan (video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gAyzEYNMTCU
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