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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

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

Nintendo is ‘worst’ company on conflict minerals

Mongabay.com 16 Aug 2012

Turning gorilla poachers into conservationists in the Congo [warning: graphic photos]

Jeremy Hance 13 Aug 2012

Cute animal picture of the day: sitatunga calf

Jeremy Hance 24 Jul 2012

Innovative conservation: bandanas to promote new park in the Congo

Jeremy Hance 16 Jul 2012

Poacher known as ‘Morgan’ behind devastating massacre at Okapi Wildlife Reserve

Jeremy Hance 5 Jul 2012

10,000 sq mi of Congo rainforest declared World Heritage site

Mongabay.com 2 Jul 2012

Gabon torches their ivory stock as poachers attack okapi reserve

Jeremy Hance 2 Jul 2012

Militia massacres rangers, 13 endangered okapi at Congo wildlife reserve

Mongabay.com 29 Jun 2012

Congolese experts needed to protect Congo Basin rainforests

Ingrid Schulze 20 Jun 2012

Over 700 people killed defending forest and land rights in past ten years

Jeremy Hance 19 Jun 2012

Elephant numbers halved in Central Africa in 5 years

Mongabay.com 8 Jun 2012

Bigger is better for gorillas

Mongabay.com 2 May 2012

Gabon to burn ivory stockpiles

Jeremy Hance 9 Apr 2012

Controversial logging company sells operations in DR Congo

Mongabay.com 23 Mar 2012

Deforestation increases in the Congo rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Mar 2012

Oil exploration approved in Africa’s oldest park, Virunga National Park

Jeremy Hance 19 Mar 2012

Republic of the Congo expands park to protect fearless chimps

Jeremy Hance 16 Feb 2012

Humans drove rainforest into savannah in ancient Africa

Jeremy Hance 9 Feb 2012

Majority of protected tropical forests “empty” due to hunting

Jeremy Hance 8 Feb 2012

The year in review for rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Dec 2011

Forest elephant populations cut in half in protected area

Jeremy Hance 14 Nov 2011

Unsung heroes: the life of a wildlife ranger in the Congo

Jeremy Hance 1 Nov 2011

Illuminating Africa’s most obscure cat

Jeremy Hance 18 Oct 2011

Palm oil, poverty, and conservation collide in Cameroon

Jeremy Hance, Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Sep 2011

Tough sentence for ivory smuggler may spell way forward in elephant poaching crisis

Karimeh Moukaddem 22 Aug 2011

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