<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2c264fdb-a01e-457b-a445-2f3f2343dced/61F05B7E-5BFD-4255-A072-AB4D73D24D09/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7355335.stm" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7355335.stm" style="font-size: 11px;">news.bbc.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7355335.stm"><TR><TD colspan="2"><DIV class="mxb"><H1> Villages 'discovered' in DR Congo </H1> </DIV> </TD></TR><TR><TD class="storybody"><TABLE width="203" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="right"><TBODY><TR><TD width="5"><IMG width="5" vspace="0" hspace="0" height="1" border="0" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" alt="" /></TD><TD class="sibtbg"><DIV class="o"><A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/08/africa_enl_1208537563/html/1.stm" linkindex="44" set="yes"><IMG vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0" src="http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/08/africa_enl_1208537563/img/laun.jpg" alt="" /></A></DIV> <DIV class="pva">Putting villages on the map </DIV> <IMG width="100%" vspace="2" hspace="0" height="1" alt="" src="http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/inline_dashed_line.gif" /> <DIV class="pva"><A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/08/africa_enl_1208537563/html/1.stm" linkindex="45" set="yes"><IMG width="61" vspace="0" hspace="0" height="13" border="0" align="left" alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/icons/enlarge_icon.gif" />Enlarge Map</A><BR clear="all" /></DIV> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P class="first"> <B>Hundreds of villagers are helping to map parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo where thick forest and conflict have prevented effective mapping.</B> </P><P> So far about 190 villages have been found in one area of Bandundu province where old maps show only 30, UK-based charity The Rainforest Foundation says. </P><P> Most maps are produced from satellite images taken from above, but this project is using handheld GPS units. </P><P> The map is intended to aid post-war planning and timber permit allocations. </P><P> A five-year conflict in DR Congo ended in 2003.</P></TD></TR></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/61F05B7E-5BFD-4255-A072-AB4D73D24D09/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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