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The Preservation of the World

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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