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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

Without data, fate of great apes unknown

Ingrid Schulze 12 Mar 2012

Community mapping of African rainforests could show way forward for preservation, REDD

Jeremy Hance 1 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

Climate change may fuel increase in warfare, finds study

Jeremy Hance 24 Aug 2011

WWF partnering with companies that destroy rainforests, threaten endangered species

Jeremy Hance 25 Jul 2011

New global carbon map for 2.5 billion ha of forests

Mongabay.com 31 May 2011

Locals clash with ‘sustainable’ FSC logging company in the Congo

Jeremy Hance 22 May 2011

Elephants: the gardeners of Asia’s and Africa’s forests

Jeremy Hance 25 Apr 2011

Photo: Population of world’s biggest gorilla increases in Congo

Mongabay.com 15 Apr 2011

Greenpeace says McKinsey’s REDD+ work could encourage deforestation

Mongabay.com 7 Apr 2011

Oil exploration on hold in Virunga National Park—for now

Jeremy Hance 17 Mar 2011

Goodbye national parks: when ‘eternal’ protected areas come under attack

Jeremy Hance 17 Mar 2011

Congo legalizes 15 logging concessions, prompting concern that moratorium will be lifted next

Jeremy Hance 13 Mar 2011

Oil company charged after allegedly forcing entry into Virunga National Park

Jeremy Hance 21 Feb 2011

After another ranger killed, Virunga National Park requests UN peacekeepers

Jeremy Hance 1 Feb 2011

‘Land grab’ fears in Africa legitimate

Jeremy Hance 31 Jan 2011

Eight rangers, soldiers killed in Virunga National Park

Jeremy Hance 25 Jan 2011

UN and conservation organizations condemn big oil’s plan to drill in Virunga National Park

Jeremy Hance 20 Jan 2011

Mountain gorilla population up by 100 individuals

Jeremy Hance 7 Dec 2010

Free availability of satellite imagery has boosted deforestation monitoring applications, but risk of data gap looms

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Sep 2010

Into the Congo: saving bonobos means aiding left-behind communities, an interview with Gay Reinartz

Jeremy Hance 23 Sep 2010

Photos: world’s top ten ‘lost frogs’

Jeremy Hance 9 Aug 2010

Protected areas vital for saving elephants, chimps, and gorillas in the Congo

Jeremy Hance 10 May 2010

United States has higher percentage of forest loss than Brazil

Jeremy Hance 26 Apr 2010

Guerrillas could drive gorillas toward extinction in Congo, warns UN

Mongabay.com 25 Mar 2010

Congo basin rainforest countries

Mongabay.com 15 Jan 2010

Brazil: king of conservation, deforestation for the 2000s

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Dec 2009

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

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