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South Africa drops proposal to legalize international trade in rhino horn

Mike Gaworecki 27 Apr 2016

International forest conservation finance is flowing to Africa

Mike Gaworecki 26 Apr 2016

5 wildlife rangers shot – 3 killed – by poachers in Congo park

Mongabay.com 25 Apr 2016

Protections for Africa’s rainforests aren’t working for people or wildlife: report

Mike Gaworecki 22 Apr 2016

Disease prevention a boost to human health and great ape conservation

Elizabeth Devitt 21 Apr 2016

Eavesdropping on Cameroon’s poachers to save endangered primates

Claire Salisbury 20 Apr 2016

Three new mouse lemurs, which are actually primates, found in Madagascar

Mike Gaworecki 20 Apr 2016

One ape, two ape: why counting apes is so difficult — but crucial

Jennifer Huizen 19 Apr 2016

Kenya aims to reverse deforestation, plant 20 million new trees

Mike Gaworecki 18 Apr 2016

Fishing nets kill ‘high proportion’ of adult loggerhead turtles in the Mediterranean

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Apr 2016

West African countries come together to stop the illegal rosewood trade

Mike Gaworecki 12 Apr 2016

An agribusiness revolution is needed to save Africa’s last great apes

William H. Funk 12 Apr 2016

Lessons from Herakles: sorting out a road map for palm oil in Africa

John Cannon 7 Apr 2016

The hidden toll of war: world’s largest ape plummets 77% in 20 years

Nika Levikov 5 Apr 2016

Palm oil’s new frontier: averting a Great Ape catastrophe in Cameroon

Claire Salisbury 1 Apr 2016

Major legal system breakdowns threaten great apes of Africa, Asia

William H. Funk 31 Mar 2016

‘This is not empty forest’: Africa’s palm oil surge builds in Cameroon

John Cannon 30 Mar 2016

Leuser’s Legacy: how rescued orangutans help assure species survival

Laurel Neme 30 Mar 2016

Local communities rush to save Kenya’s only lowland rainforest

Isaiah Esipisu 29 Mar 2016

CyberTracking for Africa’s most endangered ape

Julia John 25 Mar 2016

Snake photographed in Ethiopia may be new species of venomous viper

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Mar 2016

Massive wildfire rips through Congo rainforest – is logging to blame?

Morgan Erickson-Davis 23 Mar 2016

Two Chinese ivory smugglers sentenced to 35 years each in jail

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Mar 2016

‘Exploitation crisis’: Civil war fueling ‘sharp rise’ in poaching and trafficking of South Sudan’s wildlife

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Mar 2016
High security fence at the Marange diamond fields. Security is tight but poverty in nearby communities drives many to attempt to break in and pan for diamonds illegally. Those caught risk beatings and torture by government and mine security forces. Photo by Andrew Mambondiyani.

Abuse, displacement, pollution: the legacy of Zimbabwe’s Marange diamonds

Andrew Mambondiyani 15 Mar 2016

Oil palm company takes lead on sustainable agriculture in Gabon

John Cannon 15 Mar 2016

Unhealthy environment kills 12.6 million people every year: WHO study

Shreya Dasgupta 15 Mar 2016

Conservation and birth control: a controversial mix?

Roz Evans 14 Mar 2016

Two forest countries, two very different conservation finance outlooks

Mike Gaworecki 14 Mar 2016

Nigerian government urged to halt “land grab” in Ekuri community forest

Mike Gaworecki 11 Mar 2016

Will mining company drive mass extinction of Madagascar’s wildlife?

Shreya Dasgupta 11 Mar 2016

Perverse outcomes: Can conservation aid spur deforestation?

Loren Bell 9 Mar 2016

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