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U.K. ban relegates legal ivory trade to ‘a thing of the past’

Mongabay.com 3 Apr 2018

Five-year sentences for elephant poachers in Republic of Congo

Mongabay.com 28 Feb 2018

East Africa’s Albertine Rift needs protection now, scientists say

Mongabay.com 15 Feb 2018

Poachers blamed as body of Sumatran elephant, missing tusks, found in protected forest

Taufik Wijaya 11 Jan 2018

New study: Gorillas fare better in logged forests than chimps

John Cannon 11 Dec 2017

Citizen scientists around the world are monitoring elephants in Gabon via camera traps — and you can too

Mike Gaworecki 10 Nov 2017

Ivory is out in the UK, as government moves to shutter legal trade

Mongabay.com 12 Oct 2017

Liberian park protects Critically Endangered western chimpanzees

John Cannon 22 Sep 2017

Central Africa’s ivory trade shifts underground, according to new report

Mongabay.com 12 Sep 2017

Watch: $8 million worth elephant ivory crushed in New York City

Shreya Dasgupta 4 Aug 2017

New genetic analyses help scientists rethink the elephant family tree

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 3 Aug 2017

Big forests, big ag: Are rainforests the right place for industrial agriculture? (commentary)

Glenn Hurowitz 20 Jul 2017

Cross River superhighway changes course in Nigeria

John Cannon 28 Apr 2017

More than 25,000 elephants were killed in a Gabon national park in one decade

Mike Gaworecki 24 Feb 2017

Thap Lan: Thailand’s unsung forest gem under threat, but still abrim with life

Demelza Stokes 31 Jan 2017

Most illegal ivory comes from recently killed elephants: new study

Shreya Dasgupta 8 Nov 2016

Elephant poaching costs African nations $25 million a year in lost tourism revenue

Shreya Dasgupta 4 Nov 2016

Brazzaville-issued mining permits dip into Congo’s flagship park

John Cannon 31 Oct 2016

Can Liberia succeed in balancing palm oil with conservation?

Sara Jerving 29 Sep 2015

Elephant poaching rate unchanged – and still devastating

Jeremy Hance 25 Mar 2015

The Zanaga iron ore mine – a test of best laid plans for preserving wildlife

Daniel Stiles 6 Oct 2014

WCS-led raids lead to six arrests near Mozambique’s largest reserve

John Cannon 12 Sep 2014

Ndoki Forest, charmed or cursed? Conservationists admit sustainable logging wilting in naïve chimp habitat

Daniel Stiles 1 Aug 2014

Ivory trade’s shocking toll: 65% of world’s forest elephants killed in 12 years (warning: graphic image)

Jeremy Hance 12 Feb 2014

Elephant killer gets five years in prison in the Republic of Congo

Jeremy Hance 1 Aug 2013

African militias trading elephant ivory for weapons

Kara Moses 5 Jun 2013

Emergency: large number of elephants being poached in the Central African Republic (warning: graphic image)

Jeremy Hance 25 Apr 2013

Prayers for dying elephants: Buddhists hold prayer ceremony for elephants decimated by poachers

Jeremy Hance 11 Mar 2013

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

Jeremy Hance 11 Mar 2013

Over 11,000 elephants killed by poachers in a single park [warning: graphic photo]

Jeremy Hance 6 Feb 2013

A new tool for taking on elephant poaching: DNA forensics

Jeremy Hance 8 Aug 2012

Gabon to burn ivory stockpiles

Jeremy Hance 9 Apr 2012

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