Nigeria's parks chief stresses conservation gains amid struggle to protect wildlife
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Nigeria's National Park Service, with military and conservation partner support, closed the Kila gold mine in Gashaka-Gumti National Park in July, driving out an estimated 4,000 miners from the country's largest national park. Parks chief Ibrahim Musa Goni calls the intervention a significant conservation victory.
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