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Earth has more trees now than 35 years ago

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Aug 2018

Earless African pygmy toad discovered on remote mountain in Angola

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Aug 2018

Forest elephant DNA diverse, consistent, and distinct, study says

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 10 Aug 2018

Study links US demand for Chinese furniture to deforestation in Africa

John Cannon 3 Aug 2018

The crisis in the European tropical timber sector in Central Africa (commentary)

Alain Karsenty 1 Aug 2018

Deforestation for rubber ramps up near UNESCO site in Cameroon

Morgan Erickson-Davis 27 Jul 2018

Extractive industries threaten a million square kilometers of intact tropical forests around the globe

Mike Gaworecki 12 Jul 2018

Online mapping tool tracks land-use changes down to the farm

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 12 Jul 2018

Lab-grown embryos raise hope of saving near-extinct rhino

Shreya Dasgupta 5 Jul 2018

The world lost an area of tropical forest the size of Bangladesh in 2017

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Jun 2018

Logging roads drive loss of intact forest in FSC-certified logging concessions

John Cannon 27 Jun 2018

Could El Niño and climate change spell the end for tropical forests?

Claire Salisbury 25 Jun 2018

DRC adopts a strategy that will bolster community forestry, conservation group says

John Cannon 25 Jun 2018

Primate-rich countries are becoming less hospitable places for monkeys, apes and lemurs

John Cannon 15 Jun 2018
Rangers in neighboring Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Photo for Mongabay.com by Rhett A. Butler.

DRC’s Virunga National Park closes until 2019 due to violence

Mongabay.com 14 Jun 2018

The diversity of biodiversity: Connecting shrews, ants and slime molds with carbon storage

Joshua Parfitt 14 Jun 2018

New technology leads to the arrest of eight people suspected of trafficking wildlife parts

Mongabay.com 7 Jun 2018

East Africa’s mountain gorilla population now numbers more than 1,000

Mongabay.com 5 Jun 2018

To protect the Congolese peatlands, protect local land rights (commentary)

Bart Crezee 4 Jun 2018

Rangers face a ‘toxic mix’ of mental strain and lack of support

Jim Tan 24 May 2018

Online network seeks to boost international collaboration against wildlife trafficking in Central Africa

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 21 May 2018

Black rhinos return to Zakouma National Park in Chad

Mongabay.com 7 May 2018

Religious leaders mobilize to protect indigenous people and forests

Liz Kimbrough 2 May 2018

More gorillas and chimpanzees living in Central Africa’s forests than thought

John Cannon 27 Apr 2018

Photos: Meet the 2018 ‘Green Oscars’ winners

Mongabay.com 27 Apr 2018
Rainforest on Madagascar's Masoala Peninsula. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Save intact forests for humanity’s sake, urge experts

Mongabay.com 20 Apr 2018

Six staff killed in deadliest attack at Congo’s Virunga National Park

Shreya Dasgupta 10 Apr 2018

Rubber plantation in Cameroon edges closer to UNESCO World Heritage Site

Rachel Fritts 6 Apr 2018

Report finds projects in DRC ‘REDD+ laboratory’ fall short of development, conservation goals

John Cannon 16 Mar 2018

Bushmeat hunting threatens hornbills and raptors in Cameroon’s forests, study finds

Shreya Dasgupta 15 Mar 2018

Video: Rare newborn western lowland gorilla filmed in the wild

Mongabay.com 13 Mar 2018

Oil palm, rubber could trigger ‘storm’ of deforestation in the Congo Basin

John Cannon 12 Mar 2018

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