It crashed in a mangrove swamp at midnight on Saturday, 12 miles south-east of Douala, where it had taken off.

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Corcovado has roughly 13 types of vegetation, including a cloud forest, a mangrove and a freshwater herbaceous swamp.

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An uncle of the president controversially acquired vacant land, and went on to destroy protected mangrove swamp without the necessary permit.

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