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Global warming will increase likelihood of civil war in Africa by 55 percent

Jeremy Hance 23 Nov 2009

Disney commits $4 million to rainforest conservation in the Amazon, Congo

Mongabay.com 3 Nov 2009

Roads are enablers of rainforest destruction

Rhett A. Butler 24 Sep 2009

‘Greening’ logging concessions could help save great apes

Rhett A. Butler 17 Sep 2009

Saving Africa’s ‘unicorn’, the okapi

Rhett A. Butler 2 Sep 2009

Gorillas orphaned by bushmeat trade set free on island

Jeremy Hance 10 Aug 2009

Photos: Okapi born this spring at the Bronx Zoo makes first public appearance

Mongabay.com 27 Jul 2009

China to establish giant oil palm plantation in DR Congo

Mongabay.com 10 Jul 2009

Cameroon rainforest given 30 days to be conserved or sold off for logging

Rhett A. Butler 18 Jun 2009

First captive bonobos released into the wild

Jeremy Hance 16 Jun 2009

Range extended for world’s most mysterious gorilla

Jeremy Hance 11 Jun 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 19 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

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

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

Rose Picardal Of Endangered Species International 27 Mar 2009

Norway emerges as champion of rainforest conservation

Rhett A. Butler 19 Mar 2009

Elephants populations in the Congo drop 80 percent in fifty years

Jeremy Hance 11 Mar 2009

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

Rhett A. Butler 2 Mar 2009

Rainforests absorb 20% of emissions annually

Mongabay.com 19 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

Congo cancels logging contracts covering 13M hectares

Mongabay.com 21 Jan 2009

Gorilla ranger killed in Congo

Mongabay.com 12 Jan 2009

Rangers return to Virunga and begin gorilla census

Mongabay.com 1 Dec 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

Gorilla refuge falls into rebel hands in Congo; Park HQ seized

Mongabay.com 26 Oct 2008

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