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‘Not all hope is lost’ as outlook for mountain gorillas brightens

John Cannon 14 Nov 2018

Africa’s slender-snouted crocodile is not one but two species

Mongabay.com 26 Oct 2018

In a first, DRC communities gain legal rights to forests

Mongabay.com 18 Oct 2018

Int’l protections not stopping pangolin overexploitation in Cameroon

John Cannon 8 Oct 2018

World Gorilla Day: good news and grave threats

Mongabay.com 23 Sep 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

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

Mike Gaworecki 12 Jul 2018

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

John Cannon 27 Jun 2018

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

John Cannon 25 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

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

Bart Crezee 4 Jun 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

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

John Cannon 27 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

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

John Cannon 12 Mar 2018

NGOs seek suspension of forest-related funding to DRC in response to proposed end to logging moratorium

John Cannon 8 Mar 2018

‘It’s our home’: Pygmies fight for recognition as forest protectors in new film

John Cannon 20 Feb 2018

Maps tease apart complex relationship between agriculture and deforestation in DRC

John Cannon 2 Feb 2018

Camera trap captures spotted hyena in Gabon national park, the first in 20 years

Mongabay.com 29 Jan 2018

Top 20 forest stories of 2017

Mongabay 29 Dec 2017

The toughest snake on Earth lives in central Africa and eats baby rodents

Alex Fox 19 Dec 2017

New study: Gorillas fare better in logged forests than chimps

John Cannon 11 Dec 2017
Geographer Tom Smith talks with the Baka in Somalomo village in South Cameroon. Photo by: Trevon Fuller.

Waning plantain yields in rural Cameroon hurt college attendance

Anna Katrina Hunter 7 Dec 2017

Forced out or killed: rare chimps go missing from Cameroon mountain forest

Eugene N. Nforngwa 1 Dec 2017

COP23: Leaders vie for protection of ‘incredibly important’ African peatland

Justin Catanoso 17 Nov 2017

‘Much deeper than we expected’: Huge peatland offers up more surprises

John Vidal 9 Nov 2017

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