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Oluwa's forest are home to many species threatened with extinction, including this red-capped mangabey (Cercocebus torquatus). Image by Rufus46 via Wikimedia Commons (CC SA 3.0).

A Nigerian reserve, once a stronghold for chimps, is steadily losing its forest to farming

Morgan Erickson-Davis 21 Nov 2024

‘Historic’ decision for the Batwa & DRC gorilla park faces hurdles — and hope

Latoya Abulu | Aimable Twahirwa | Didier Makal 19 Nov 2024

DRC carbon credit projects surge amid lack of regulation

John Cannon 18 Nov 2024

Cobalt mining for green energy risks women’s reproductive health in DRC

Didier Makal and Denise Mahelo 18 Nov 2024
Tastefully-hatted Desmond Alugnoa smiles at project manager Jakob Attakpah in front of an Earthshot Prize banner. Image courtesy Earthshot Prize.

From landfill to limelight, Ghana waste entrepreneurs win Earthshot Prize

Petro Kotzé 14 Nov 2024

African Development Bank chief calls for ‘green-rich’ continent to also be ‘cash-rich’

David Akana 14 Nov 2024
A graceful grey crested crane in the Eldoret-Iten watershed-Image Courtesy of TNC.

In Kenya, a water fund brings to light Indigenous cultural identity issues

Juliet Akoth Ojwang 12 Nov 2024
Paul Sang, a community leader of the Indigenous Ogiek community

A Kenya water fund partners with farmers to protect vital resources

Juliet Akoth Ojwang 11 Nov 2024

Can cattle and wildlife co-exist in the Maasai Mara? A controversial study says yes

Ashoka Mukpo 5 Nov 2024
Woman carrying a solar pannel near Yangambi, DRC.

Africa needs COP29 funding & international finance reform to manage climate change (commentary)

David Akana 4 Nov 2024
Bonobo with a thumb on his mouth

Study finds bonobos more diverse, and more vulnerable, than previously thought

Charles Mpaka 4 Nov 2024
Image by Aram Kazandjian via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Conservationists mobilize to save Sierra Leone national park and its chimpanzees

Mohamed Fofanah 4 Nov 2024
A boat arrives at Chikombe Beach with a haul of fish from Mbenje Island – . Image by Charles Mpaka for Mongabay.

How a lineage of chiefs built a thriving fish oasis in Lake Malawi

Charles Mpaka 4 Nov 2024
An oil palm farmer in Benin extracting palm oil.

Smallholders offer mixed reactions to calls for delay in EU deforestation law

Aimee Gabay 1 Nov 2024
Mammalogists often use ear tags to identify individuals in their research. But Echidnas do not have external ears to attach a tag. Opiang used color-coded plastic tubing, glued to spines to identify individuals (visible on the right forelimb). Quiet, rare, nocturnal, hard-to-tag and found in remotest parts of New Guinea, field study of echidnas presents tremendous challenges. Photo by Muse Opiang

With rare mammal tourism, observing means conserving (commentary)

Charles Foley and Jon Hall 1 Nov 2024
Farmer Ignatius Kakompe standing by a pod mahogany tree felled recently by illegal loggers.

Defending the hidden forest gems of Zambia’s Copperbelt Province

Ryan Truscott 31 Oct 2024
Terrat residents at an entrepreneurship training facilitated by TACCEI. Image courtesy TACCEI.

For Tanzania’s Maasai, adapting to climate change may mean less livestock, more trees

Naomi Achieng' 30 Oct 2024

For DRC’s artisanal miners, promise of formalization has yielded little

Didier Makal 29 Oct 2024
Farmer Rachael Njeri collects soils samples on her land. She has started growing forage strips on her farm which prevent soil erosion and provide feed for her cattle. Image by CIAT/GeorginaSmith via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

In Kenya, a river restoration initiative pays for itself, and then some

Ochieng' Ogodo 29 Oct 2024
Seven young men load a large, reddish mukula log (Pterocarpus tinctorius) weighing 200 kilos onto the shoulder-high bed of a transport truck in Katanga province, DRC, in 2016. Image © Lu Guang / Greenpeace.

DR Congo: environmental activist faces 5 years in prison

Didier Makal 28 Oct 2024
Hamba_ASliwa. A male black-footed cat stalking prey in winter 2019. Black-footed cats eat mostly small mammals and birds. Their keen sight and agility mean they are extremely successful hunters. Photo by Alexander Sliwa.

Inbreeding adds to growing threats to Africa’s smallest wildcat, study finds

Ruth Kamnitzer 28 Oct 2024
A leopard pauses in front of one of Tossens' camera traps, set in an FSC-certified logging concession in the northern Republic of Congo. Her research found that leopards live at the same density in this carefully-managed concession as a nearby national park. Image by Sarah Tossens.

Elusive wildcats may hold the key to healthier forests in Africa

Claudia Geib 22 Oct 2024
Shea butter production process near Chiana, Kassena Nankana District - Ghana. Image by Axel Fassio/CIFOR via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Local NGO RAINS brings relief to Ghana’s semiarid north with regenerative farming

Awudu Salami Sulemana Yoda 16 Oct 2024

Africa’s little-known golden cat gets a conservation boost, with community help

Spoorthy Raman 15 Oct 2024
An African wildcat in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. While little is known about the threats facing African wildcats in West Africa, across their range they are at risk from hybridization and disease transmission from domestic cats. Image by Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).

West Africa’s forgotten felines endangered by conflict and research gaps

Ruth Kamnitzer 11 Oct 2024
A village weaver (Ploceus cucullatus) at Lake Chivero, Harare.

Community-led wetland restoration may hold key to Harare’s water crisis

Aimee Gabay, Tatenda Chitagu 10 Oct 2024
Loxodonta africana cyclotis. Forest elephant bull Gamba, Gabon. Image by WWF / Hervé MORAND with courtesy.

WWF report offers glimmer of conservation hope — yet warns of a planet in peril

Anne Nzouankeu, David Akana 10 Oct 2024

News of rich mineral reserves in Burundi forest reserve sparks debate

Dieudonné Ndanezerewe 10 Oct 2024
Mature cacao fruit. Seeds from the pod are fermented, roasted and ground to make cocoa powder. Image courtesy of TMA.

The world’s chocolate cravings speed up deforestation in the Congo Basin: Study

Marlowe Starling 9 Oct 2024
Abdi Ahmed, in his late 60s, continues his pastoral life in Guyo Kebele, Somali Region, supporting his 19 children through a lifetime of nomadic herding.

Drought & climate change force Ethiopia pastoralists to go job hunting

Solomon Yimer 9 Oct 2024
Red river hogs (Potamochoerus porcus) scavenging at a poached elephant's carcass, Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park. Image by otomops, via Wikicommons (CC BY 4.0)

Congo looks to monetize its high-integrity forests

Rosie Pioth 9 Oct 2024
African penguins are now an Endangered species and listed as in need of urgent conservation action. Image by Petro Kotze.

Caracal, meet penguin: How humans pushed unlikely predator and prey together

Petro Kotzé 8 Oct 2024

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