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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

Activists warn of industrial palm oil expansion in Congo rainforest

Jeremy Hance 21 Feb 2013

Controversial palm oil project concession in Cameroon is 89 percent ‘dense natural forest’

Jeremy Hance 21 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

The year in rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Dec 2012

DR Congo gets first validated and verified REDD+ project

Mongabay.com 20 Dec 2012

Congo ranger ambushed and killed defending wildlife

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Dec 2012

Okapi Conservation Project wins mongabay’s 2012 conservation award

Mongabay.com 6 Dec 2012

‘Exporting deforestation’: China is the kingpin of illegal logging

Jeremy Hance 29 Nov 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

NASA satellites catch vast deforestation inside Virunga National Park

Jeremy Hance 3 Oct 2012

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

Jeremy Hance 1 Oct 2012

Illegal logging worth $30-100B annually

Mongabay.com 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

Rodents have lowest diversity in primary forests in the Congo

Jeremy Hance 17 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

Cute animal pictures of the day: gorilla toddler saved from illegal pet trade

Jeremy Hance 20 Aug 2012

Nintendo is ‘worst’ company on conflict minerals

Mongabay.com 16 Aug 2012

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