"When I went to university, I decided that……" — Corneille Ewango
"When I went to university, I decided that I would like to do something related to plant ecology, because I felt that plants were so beautiful. When I am studying plants, I feel like I am talking with some kind of supernatural life, like I am talking with someone who does not speak."
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Corneille Ewango
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7 Quotes by Corneille Ewango
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I speak French, and I grew up with French, so my English is Franglais.
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I joined the Wildlife Conservation Society, working there, in 1995, but I started working with them as a student in…
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Building capacities for the young generation is going to make a better generation and a better future tomorrow for Africa.
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Discovering new species is a passion. A day without collecting plants is painful for me.
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The Pygmies rely on the forest for their very life. They know everything about finding and using plants, animal behavior,…
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Congo, my country, has the largest forest in Africa, maybe the second-largest in the world. I was born in a…
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