National Geographic - UK (2022-05)

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Forest elephants graze
in Lopé’s grasslands,
remnants of arid
periods in the last ice
age 12,000 years ago.
Covering more than
1,900 square miles in
central Gabon, the
uncommon mosaic of
savanna and tropical
rainforest is rich in
biological diversity.
Named Gabon’s first
wildlife reserve in 1946,
it became a national
park in 2002.

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