COULD conserving rare species and habitats bring security and prosperity to the people of Afghanistan?
Rather than taking a back seat to the military campaign, plans for environmental action are gathering momentum there. On 28 June, the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) joined forces with the Afghan government to initiate a three-year biodiversity project to protect five wilderness regions in the country.
Funded by the US Agency for International Development, the programme will focus on the Hindu Kush mountain range and other mountain habitats that support endangered animals, which include the snow leopard, the ibex and the Persian leopard.…
