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Indigenous people, forest communities in Africa control less than 2% of forest land

Mongabay.com 28 May 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, Rhett Ayers Butler 19 May 2009

The EU and Republic of Congo announce system to eradicate illegal logging

Jeremy Hance 11 May 2009

African pygmies diverged from other humans 60,000 years ago

Jeremy Hance 10 Apr 2009

Vanishing forest elephants are the Congo’s greatest cultivators

Jeremy Hance 9 Apr 2009

Flu epidemic killing bonobos in Congo sanctuary

Jeremy Hance 29 Mar 2009

DR Congo, Indonesia, PNG, Tanzania, Vietnam win REDD funding for forest conservation

Mongabay.com 20 Mar 2009

Elephants populations in the Congo drop 80 percent in fifty years

Jeremy Hance 11 Mar 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

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

DR Congo to cancel two-thirds of logging contracts due to corruption

Mongabay.com 8 Oct 2008

Rare okapi photographed for the first time in Congo park

Mongabay.com 10 Sep 2008

Malaysia targets Africa and the Amazon for oil palm expansion

Mongabay.com 25 Aug 2008

Logging company Danzer accused of tax fraud in the Congo

Mongabay.com 31 Jul 2008

14 countries win REDD funding to protect tropical forests

Mongabay.com 24 Jul 2008

Britain, Norway commit $210 million towards Congo rainforest conservation

Mongabay.com 24 Jun 2008

Forest carbon credits could guide development in Congo

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 May 2008

Mobile game to help save embattled gorillas in the Congo

Jeremy Hance 16 Apr 2008

Indigenous peoples of Congo map their forests with GPS in an effort to save them

Jeremy Hance 13 Apr 2008

DR Congo has great potential for biofuels says U.N. official

Mongabay.com 9 Jan 2008

Tropical forests face huge threat from industrial agriculture

Mongabay.com 5 Dec 2007

Returns from carbon offsets could beat palm oil in Congo DRC

Rhett A. Butler 4 Dec 2007

Rainforest Reserve Established in DR Congo to save bonobo

Bonobo Conservation Initiative 19 Nov 2007

Congo pygmies to meet World Bank President Zoellick over forest destruction

Mongabay.com 17 Oct 2007

Photo: newborn mountain gorilla born in Congo

Mongabay.com 23 Aug 2007

NASA images show expansion of logging in Congo rainforest

Mongabay.com 15 Jul 2007

Logging roads rapidly expanding in Congo rainforest

Mongabay.com 7 Jun 2007

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