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The neglected giraffe: world’s tallest animal in need of conservation assistance

Jeremy Hance 27 Jun 2013

Building a new generation of local conservationists: how improving education in Uganda may save one of the world’s great forests

Jeremy Hance 20 Jun 2013

Fertility in Africa could push world population over 11 billion

Jeremy Hance 13 Jun 2013

Malaysian palm oil firm to establish $744m, 180,000 ha plantation in Congo

Mongabay.com 9 Jun 2013

Saving one of Africa’s most stunning parks through biomass briquettes and fuel-efficient stoves

Jeremy Hance 6 Jun 2013

Controversial palm oil project in Cameroon rainforest to resume

Mongabay.com 6 Jun 2013

African militias trading elephant ivory for weapons

Kara Moses 5 Jun 2013

Chewbacca bat, beetle with explosive farts among oddities spotted on Mozambique expedition

Rhett A. Butler 4 Jun 2013

Saving Gorongosa: E.O. Wilson on protecting a biodiversity hotspot in Mozambique

Bridget Conneely 30 May 2013

Bulk of Ghana timber exports may be illegal

Mongabay.com 30 May 2013

Kenya getting tough on poachers, set to increase fines and jail time

Jeremy Hance 29 May 2013

Controversial palm oil project halted in Cameroon

Mongabay.com 24 May 2013

Rhinos moved from South Africa to Botswana for safekeeping

Jeremy Hance 23 May 2013

Compromise on Serengeti road?: build an elevated highway

Jeremy Hance 22 May 2013

Forest certification body revokes Swiss logging company’s certificate over alleged Congo abuses

Mongabay.com 21 May 2013

Gabon steps in to help protect elephants from ivory poaching at Central African Republic site

Mongabay.com 18 May 2013

Gabon convicts environmentalist of defamation in palm oil case

Mongabay.com 15 May 2013

Five percent of ploughshare tortoise population perishes after botched smuggling attempt

Jeremy Hance 14 May 2013

Nearly a million people face food crisis in Niger

Jeremy Hance 13 May 2013

Why responsible tourism is the key to saving the mountain gorilla

Anne-marie Weeden With Journeys Discovering Africa 13 May 2013

Elephants massacred for ivory in Central African Republic

Mongabay.com 10 May 2013

Aquarium launches desperate search to save a species down to 3 individuals

Wildmadagascar.org 10 May 2013

New endangered list for ecosystems modeled after ‘Red list’ for species

Mongabay.com 9 May 2013

Microsoft puts price on carbon, buys credits from forest conservation project

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 May 2013

17 poachers allegedly enter elephant stronghold in Congo, conservationists fear massacre

Jeremy Hance 7 May 2013

Featured video: camera trapping in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Jeremy Hance 7 May 2013

A Tale of Two Elephants: celebrating the lives and mourning the deaths of Cirrocumulus and Ngampit

Jenny R. Isaacs 7 May 2013

‘Suffering…without witnesses’: over a quarter of a million people perished in Somali famine

Jeremy Hance 6 May 2013

Lemur has unexpectedly wide range, diversity of color variations

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 May 2013

Acting Madagascar president breaks pledge not to stand in election

Wildmadagascar.org 4 May 2013

Hibernating primates: scientists discover three lemur species sleep like bears

Jeremy Hance 2 May 2013

Endangered primates and cats may be hiding out in swamps and mangrove forests

Jeremy Hance 2 May 2013

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