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Indigenous people, forest communities in Africa control less than 2% of forest land

Mongabay.com 28 May 2009

Rich countries buy up agricultural land in poor countries

Jeremy Hance 26 May 2009

New rainforest reserve in Congo benefits bonobos and locals

Jeremy Hance 25 May 2009

Congo biochar initiative will reduce poverty, protect forests, slow climate change

Mongabay.com, Rhett Ayers Butler 19 May 2009

Scientists find world’s largest leatherback sea turtle population in Gabon

Jeremy Hance 17 May 2009

The EU and Republic of Congo announce system to eradicate illegal logging

Jeremy Hance 11 May 2009

Republic of Congo to turn over 25 M acres of land to South African farmers

Mongabay.com 20 Apr 2009

Gabonese environmental activist receives prize for standing up to government, Chinese company

Jeremy Hance 20 Apr 2009

African pygmies diverged from other humans 60,000 years ago

Jeremy Hance 10 Apr 2009

Vanishing forest elephants are the Congo’s greatest cultivators

Jeremy Hance 9 Apr 2009

Revolutionary new theory overturns modern meteorology with claim that forests move rain

Jeremy Hance 1 Apr 2009

Flu epidemic killing bonobos in Congo sanctuary

Jeremy Hance 29 Mar 2009

More than 300 gorillas butchered each year in the Republic of Congo

Rose Picardal Of Endangered Species International 27 Mar 2009

DR Congo, Indonesia, PNG, Tanzania, Vietnam win REDD funding for forest conservation

Mongabay.com 20 Mar 2009

Norway emerges as champion of rainforest conservation

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Mar 2009

Elephants populations in the Congo drop 80 percent in fifty years

Jeremy Hance 11 Mar 2009

All about giraffes: an interview with a giraffe expert

Jeremy Hance 9 Mar 2009

Cameroon may liquidate rainforest reserve if conservationists don’t step forward

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Mar 2009

80% of wars between 1950-2000 took place in biodiversity hotspots

Mongabay.com 22 Feb 2009

Rainforests absorb 20% of emissions annually

Mongabay.com 19 Feb 2009

Cameroon gets gorilla park

Mongabay.com 18 Feb 2009

Giant population of lions could live war-torn region

Mongabay.com 30 Jan 2009

Mountain gorilla population in DR Congo increases 12.5%

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2009

Gabon bans harvest of four tropical hardwood species

Mongabay.com 22 Jan 2009

Congo cancels logging contracts covering 13M hectares

Mongabay.com 21 Jan 2009

Gorilla ranger killed in Congo

Mongabay.com 12 Jan 2009

Chad’s elephant population falls by two-thirds in two years

Jeremy Hance, Mongabay.com 11 Dec 2008

Rangers return to Virunga and begin gorilla census

Jeremy Hance, Mongabay.com 1 Dec 2008

Cameroon moves to protect rarest gorilla

Mongabay.com 26 Nov 2008

Missing gorilla rangers return safely in Congo, one dies of cholera in camp

Jeremy Hance 6 Nov 2008

39 rangers missing in Virunga Park after headquarters overtaken by rebels

Jeremy Hance 30 Oct 2008

Forest elephants learn to avoid roads, behavior may lead to population decline

Jeremy Hance 27 Oct 2008

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