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Jan 2023
12m 51s

Revisit: The woman protecting South Suda...

Al Jazeera
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In this episode we return to the story of Bibiana Martin, who was 12 years old when she joined the forest rangers. Twenty years later, she is still protecting parks.

Written by Sam Mednick. 

Read by Laura Lockwood.

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