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Seeing the forest through the elephants: slaughtered elephants taking rainforest trees with them

Jeremy Hance 11 Mar 2013

What happened to the elephants of Bouba Ndjida? [warning: graphic photos]

Christina M. Russo 7 Mar 2013

62% of all Africa’s forest elephants killed in 10 years (warning: graphic images)

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Mar 2013

New illegal logging ban in EU could sever all ties with companies working in DRC

Jeremy Hance 4 Mar 2013

Elephant massacre in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mongabay.com 28 Feb 2013

Warlords, sorcery, and wildlife: an environmental artist ventures into the Congo

Jeremy Hance 25 Feb 2013

In search of conflict-free tin from the Congo

Guest Mike Loch 12 Feb 2013

Activists blast World Bank on continued support of industrial rainforest logging

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Feb 2013

Over 11,000 elephants killed by poachers in a single park [warning: graphic photo]

Jeremy Hance 6 Feb 2013

Gorilla paradise: new park safeguards 15,000 western lowland gorillas

Jeremy Hance 31 Jan 2013

Okapi Conservation Project wins mongabay’s 2012 conservation award

Mongabay.com 6 Dec 2012

Photos reveal destruction of Cameroon rainforest for palm oil

Jeremy Hance 26 Nov 2012

Activists protesting controversial Cameroon palm plantation arrested

Mongabay.com 17 Nov 2012

Mountain gorilla population up by over 20 percent in five years

Jeremy Hance 13 Nov 2012

Foreign loggers and corrupt officials flouting logging moratorium in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Jeremy Hance 8 Nov 2012

‘The ivory trade is like drug trafficking’ (warning graphic images)

Alejandra Martins 5 Nov 2012

Rebels kill 3 rangers in Congo’s Virunga National Park

Mongabay.com 27 Oct 2012

British government comes out against drilling in Virunga National Park by UK company

Jeremy Hance 1 Oct 2012

Rarest gorillas lose half their habitat in 20 years

Mongabay.com 1 Oct 2012

Conflict and perseverance: rehabilitating a forgotten park in the Congo

Jeremy Hance 19 Sep 2012

Remarkable new monkey discovered in remote Congo rainforest

Jeremy Hance 12 Sep 2012

Palm oil company in Cameroon drops bid for eco-certification of controversial plantation

Mongabay.com 5 Sep 2012

Nintendo is ‘worst’ company on conflict minerals

Mongabay.com 16 Aug 2012

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

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