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Agroecology alliance calls for more food at less cost to nature in Congo Basin

Do virus-detecting ants hold the key to preventing zoonotic diseases?

Elephants invade as habitat loss soars in Nigerian forest reserve

Study: Tall trees and shade boost bat diversity on Africa’s cocoa farms

Congo Basin’s elephants boost carbon capture, but need salt-licks to survive

Investigation confirms most allegations against plantation operator Socfin

Cameroon government again opens way for logging in Ebo Forest

Forests & finance: Fears for forests in Angola, flashes of hope from Kenya & Ghana

Forest campaign group renews charge that carbon credit verification schemes are flawed

Element Africa: A ‘disaster’ pipeline, an oil-field spill, and a mining pit tragedy

Forests & Finance: Cameroon raw log ban expands and Nigerian villagers act against ‘forest bandits’

What can solve growing conflicts between agricultural giants and communities in Cameroon?

Forests & finance: communities turn to tree-planting, zero-logging, and mushrooms to protect forests

Element Africa: offshore oil threatens fisheries, gold mining topples homes and forests

Militarized conservation: Insecurity for some, security for others? (commentary)

Tap African knowledge and culture for Congo Basin forest conservation (commentary)

Survival and economics complicate the DRC’s bushmeat and wild animal trade

NGOs urge continued sanctions against DRC mining giant Dan Gertler

Corruption threatens timber traceability in Nkok, Gabon

Inaugural Indigenous women’s forum spotlights Congo Basin conservation

Palm oil giant hands over sacred community land for reforestation project

Forests & Finance: Agroforestry in Cameroon and reforestation in South Africa

Ground-nesting chimps hold lessons for conservation — and for human evolution

CAPS, new gas megaproject, aims to power Central Africa, but at what cost, critics ask

DRC’s endangered bonobos face another threat to their survival: malaria

Element Africa: Claims of mining encroachment in DRC and broken promises in SA

Deforestation threatens local populations in Republic of Congo’s Sangha

Forests & finance: A lawsuit, an import ban, and restoring Zambian forests

Element Africa: The platinum ‘bully’ and the secret oil deal

Elephants promote jumbo trees, boosting the carbon stores in Africa’s forests

Tense neighbors: Chinese quarry in Cameroon takes a toll on locals

Element Africa: Deadly violence and massive graft at Tanzania and DRC mines

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