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AT the general meeting of the Linnean Society of London held on November 7, His Majesty The King of the Belgians was unanimously elected an honorary member of the Society. His Majesty is known to take a keen interest in natural history. When Crown Prince, he made a voyage to the Dutch East Indies in 1928-29, one result of which was a very important collection of specimens for the Royal Museum of Natural History in Brussels. He has also taken an active interest in the preservation of the fauna of Africa by the establishment of Nature reserves. The great Pare National Albert in the Belgian Congo, the area of which has recently been greatly extended, owes much to His Majesty's patronage and influence, and constitutes one of the most important experiments ever made in the conservation of wild Nature.
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The King of the Belgians. Nature 136, 786 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136786c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/136786c0