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Seven African countries pledge to protect their tropical forests from unsustainable oil palm development

Mike Gaworecki 16 Nov 2016

Cables reveal US gov’t role in Herakles Farms land grab in Cameroon

Mike Gaworecki 30 Aug 2016

Forest conservation can offset emissions from palm oil expansion in Africa: Study

Mike Gaworecki 13 Jul 2016

Gabon moves to share forestry profits with local forest communities

Mike Gaworecki 18 May 2016

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

Mongabay.com 25 Apr 2016

Disease prevention a boost to human health and great ape conservation

Elizabeth Devitt 21 Apr 2016

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

William H. Funk 12 Apr 2016

DRC announces intent to reopen its rainforests to logging companies

Morgan Erickson-Davis 4 Mar 2016

Soil carbon could be key to protecting global biodiversity and climate at same time

Mike Gaworecki 24 Feb 2016

A new plan to pull the “forest giraffe” back from the brink of extinction

Mike Gaworecki 23 Feb 2016

Survival International files formal complaint against WWF for allegedly violating human rights of Baka ‘Pygmies’

Shreya Dasgupta 22 Feb 2016

Shocking discovery in Gabon: a new electric fish

Mike Gaworecki 11 Feb 2016

Prospective Congo palm oil plantation wrecking prime great ape habitat

Jeremy Hance 5 Feb 2016

60 new species of dragonflies discovered in Africa

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Jan 2016

Superhighway construction surges forward in Nigeria

John Cannon 17 Nov 2015

Cameroon convicts activist campaigning against palm oil company

Morgan Erickson-Davis 16 Nov 2015

Key forest countries’ climate pledges fall short on emissions from land use and deforestation

Mike Gaworecki 13 Nov 2015

Norway pledges $47M/yr to help Congo countries save forests

Rhett A. Butler 30 Sep 2015

Scientists urge greater enforcement of wildlife laws in Africa

Mongabay.com 12 Jul 2015

Rainforest communities can now report illegal logging with their mobile phones

Rhett A. Butler 28 Apr 2015

Expedition in the Congo rediscovers lost primate

Jeremy Hance 14 Apr 2015

Declining palm oil prices: Good news and bad news for smallholders

Jaboury Ghazoul 16 Mar 2015

King of the jungle returns to Gabon after nearly 20 year absence

Jeremy Hance 16 Mar 2015

UN report warns of grave consequences if mangroves not protected

Mike Gaworecki 11 Mar 2015

Gabon protects 23% of its coastal waters

Mongabay.com 15 Nov 2014

Beef, palm oil, soy, and wood products from 8 countries responsible for 1/3 of forest destruction

Jeremy Hance 23 Oct 2014

Four countries pledge to restore 30 million hectares of degraded lands at UN Summit

Jeremy Hance 25 Sep 2014

Invasion of the lionfish: new research finds the situation may be worse than we thought

Jose Hong 27 Aug 2014

Discarded cell phones to help fight rainforest poachers, loggers in real-time

Rhett A. Butler 24 Jun 2014

Grenades, helicopters, and scooping out brains: poachers decimate elephant population in park

Jeremy Hance 15 Jun 2014

Oil overthrow: Soco to suspend operations in Virunga National Park after sustained campaign by WWF

Jeremy Hance 11 Jun 2014

Greenpeace accuses controversial palm oil company and Cameroon government of illegal logging

Jeremy Hance 28 May 2014

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