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Deforestation rate falls in Congo Basin countries

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Jul 2013

African militias trading elephant ivory for weapons

Kara Moses 5 Jun 2013

Forest certification body revokes Swiss logging company’s certificate over alleged Congo abuses

Mongabay.com 21 May 2013

Why responsible tourism is the key to saving the mountain gorilla

Anne-marie Weeden With Journeys Discovering Africa 13 May 2013

Endangered primates and cats may be hiding out in swamps and mangrove forests

Jeremy Hance 2 May 2013

Scientists discover new giant mole rat in Africa (photos)

Jeremy Hance 30 Apr 2013

Amazon: the world’s greatest rainforest or internet giant?

Jonathan Watts 25 Apr 2013

Conservation policies that boost farm yields may ultimately undermine forest protection, argues study

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Apr 2013

Beautiful striped bat is the “find of a lifetime” (photos)

Jeremy Hance 10 Apr 2013

Infamous elephant poacher turns cannibal in the Congo

Pete Jones 3 Apr 2013

Seeing the forest through the elephants: slaughtered elephants taking rainforest trees with them

Jeremy Hance 11 Mar 2013

62% of all Africa’s forest elephants killed in 10 years (warning: graphic images)

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Mar 2013

New illegal logging ban in EU could sever all ties with companies working in DRC

Jeremy Hance 4 Mar 2013

Elephant massacre in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mongabay.com 28 Feb 2013

Warlords, sorcery, and wildlife: an environmental artist ventures into the Congo

Jeremy Hance 25 Feb 2013

In search of conflict-free tin from the Congo

Guest Mike Loch 12 Feb 2013

Activists blast World Bank on continued support of industrial rainforest logging

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Feb 2013

DR Congo gets first validated and verified REDD+ project

Mongabay.com 20 Dec 2012

Congo ranger ambushed and killed defending wildlife

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Dec 2012

Okapi Conservation Project wins mongabay’s 2012 conservation award

Mongabay.com 6 Dec 2012

Mountain gorilla population up by over 20 percent in five years

Jeremy Hance 13 Nov 2012

Foreign loggers and corrupt officials flouting logging moratorium in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Jeremy Hance 8 Nov 2012

‘The ivory trade is like drug trafficking’ (warning graphic images)

Alejandra Martins 5 Nov 2012

Rebels kill 3 rangers in Congo’s Virunga National Park

Mongabay.com 27 Oct 2012

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

Rarest gorillas lose half their habitat in 20 years

Mongabay.com 1 Oct 2012

Conflict and perseverance: rehabilitating a forgotten park in the Congo

Jeremy Hance 19 Sep 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

Nintendo is ‘worst’ company on conflict minerals

Mongabay.com 16 Aug 2012

10 African countries to develop satellite-based deforestation tracking systems with help of Brazil

Mongabay.com 30 Jul 2012

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