NEW YORK (January 11, 2017) – WCS has issued the following video statement today by Dr. Timothy Tear, WCS Executive Director of Africa Programs, on the newly published study in Nature on the discovery of the world’s largest peatland in the Republic of Congo.  To receive a copy of the paper, please contact Nature’s press office immediately: at 212-726-9200 or press@nature.com.  Please note the paper is embargoed until 1:00 p.m. USET TODAY, January 11, 2017.  To interview Dr. Tear, please contact the WCS press office.

Dr. Timothy Tear of WCS offers comments on Nature paper on the discovery of the world’s largest peatland in the Republic of Congo.  All rights permitted (:48)

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