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Gang raids remote national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Jeremy Hance 26 Jul 2012

Cute animal picture of the day: sitatunga calf

Jeremy Hance 24 Jul 2012

Tracking elephants in Cameroon to mitigate conflict with locals

Jeremy Hance 9 Jul 2012

Poacher known as ‘Morgan’ behind devastating massacre at Okapi Wildlife Reserve

Jeremy Hance 5 Jul 2012

10,000 sq mi of Congo rainforest declared World Heritage site

Mongabay.com 2 Jul 2012

Gabon torches their ivory stock as poachers attack okapi reserve

Jeremy Hance 2 Jul 2012

Congolese experts needed to protect Congo Basin rainforests

Ingrid Schulze 20 Jun 2012

Over 700 people killed defending forest and land rights in past ten years

Jeremy Hance 19 Jun 2012

Alarm rising over food crisis in Sahel region

Jeremy Hance 13 Jun 2012

Elephant numbers halved in Central Africa in 5 years

Mongabay.com 8 Jun 2012

New armored lizard discovered in landmine-riddled region

Jeremy Hance 21 May 2012

First camera trap video of world’s rarest gorilla includes shocking charge

Jeremy Hance 8 May 2012

Gabon to burn ivory stockpiles

Jeremy Hance 9 Apr 2012

Controversial logging company sells operations in DR Congo

Mongabay.com 23 Mar 2012

Animal picture of the day: a baby bongo

Jeremy Hance 22 Mar 2012

Deforestation increases in the Congo rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Mar 2012

Oil exploration approved in Africa’s oldest park, Virunga National Park

Jeremy Hance 19 Mar 2012

Scientists say massive palm oil plantation will “cut the heart out” of Cameroon’s rainforest

Jeremy Hance 15 Mar 2012

New reports from inside Cameroon confirm grisly mass killing of elephants (warning: graphic photos)

Christina M. Russo 14 Mar 2012

Without data, fate of great apes unknown

Ingrid Schulze 12 Mar 2012

Military called in to stop Cameroon elephant slaughter – but may be too late

Jeremy Hance 5 Mar 2012

Elephant massacre in Cameroon (warning: graphic photo)

Mongabay.com 17 Feb 2012

Republic of the Congo expands park to protect fearless chimps

Jeremy Hance 16 Feb 2012

Humans drove rainforest into savannah in ancient Africa

Jeremy Hance 9 Feb 2012

Majority of protected tropical forests “empty” due to hunting

Jeremy Hance 8 Feb 2012

REDD project gets initial go-ahead in Cameroon

Mongabay.com 5 Dec 2011

Community mapping of African rainforests could show way forward for preservation, REDD

Jeremy Hance 1 Dec 2011

Forest elephant populations cut in half in protected area

Jeremy Hance 14 Nov 2011

Unsung heroes: the life of a wildlife ranger in the Congo

Jeremy Hance 1 Nov 2011

Loango National Park lodge to re-open

Mongabay.com 21 Sep 2011

Palm oil, poverty, and conservation collide in Cameroon

Jeremy Hance, Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Sep 2011

One of world’s rarest cats caught on video for the first time

Jeremy Hance 30 Aug 2011

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