TED Talk: Corneille Ewango breaks family tradition in the Congo

Corneille Ewango was born into a family of poachers and hunters in the Congo Basin forest. Although his family poached animals, his future would turn him against such actions.

After various attempts at being accepted into a university, Ewango eventually succeeded and became a botanist. Even more so, he became a strong advocate of protecting the life of the Congo Basin forest from poachers, miners, hunters, and soldiers.

Although born into a family that was slowly taking resources from the region, Ewango eventually became and still is one of the biggest protectors of the life-plant and animal alike-in the Congo Basin Forest.

Watch this TED Talk to learn how Ewango transcended the traditions of his family and became a strong advocate for the preservation of this region: