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Condition of tropical forests ‘worsening’, could become ‘critical’

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Apr 2015

Russia and Canada lead the world in forest loss in 2013

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Apr 2015

DRC mulls changing Virunga’s boundaries for oil

Jeremy Hance 19 Mar 2015

Rainforest loss increased in the 2000s, concludes new analysis

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Feb 2015

Rainforests: 10 things to watch in 2015

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Jan 2015

Camera traps capture rare footage of wild bonobos (video)

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Dec 2014

Mapping mistake leaves wildlife at risk

Morgan Erickson-Davis 12 Nov 2014

Beef, palm oil, soy, and wood products from 8 countries responsible for 1/3 of forest destruction

Jeremy Hance 23 Oct 2014

Forest restoration commitments: driven by science or politics?

John Cannon 10 Oct 2014

Climate change to boost farmland, diminish harvests, says new study

John Cannon 29 Sep 2014

Four countries pledge to restore 30 million hectares of degraded lands at UN Summit

Jeremy Hance 25 Sep 2014

How do we save the world’s vanishing old-growth forests?

Jeremy Hance 26 Aug 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? DNA fingerprinting trees to stem illegal logging

Dr Liz Kimbrough 21 Aug 2014

Looming mining ‘tsunami’ set to take Africa by storm

John Cannon 20 Aug 2014

Conservation controversy: are bonobos protected in the right ways and in the right places?

Shreya Dasgupta 30 Jul 2014

Invasion of the oil palm: western Africa’s native son returns, threatening great apes

John Cannon 28 Jul 2014

Setting the stage: theater troupe revives tradition to promote conservation in DRC

Anna Ikarashi 22 Jul 2014

Is there hope for bonobos? Researchers, NGOs, gov’t officials, local communities band together to save iconic ape (Part III)

Fidelis Zvomuya 18 Jul 2014

Poaching, fires, farming pervade: protecting bonobos ‘an enormous challenge’ (Part II)

Fidelis Zvomuya 17 Jul 2014

Will the last ape found be the first to go? Bonobos’ biggest refuge under threat (Part I)

Fidelis Zvomuya 16 Jul 2014

DRC deforestation escalates despite resource shortages, protests, rape, homicide

John Cannon 10 Jul 2014

Oil, wildlife, and people: competing visions of development collide in Virunga National Park

Analysis Daniel Stiles 7 Jul 2014

New report: illegal logging keeps militias and terrorist groups in business

Janaki Lenin 30 Jun 2014

What does SOCO’s withdrawal really mean for the future of Virunga National Park?

Analysis Daniel Stiles 17 Jun 2014

Oil overthrow: Soco to suspend operations in Virunga National Park after sustained campaign by WWF

Jeremy Hance 11 Jun 2014

DRC seeks $1B to save its rainforest

Mongabay.com 22 May 2014

NASA detects surge in deforestation in Malaysia, Bolivia during first quarter of 2014

Mongabay.com 21 Apr 2014

Okapi-killing warlord shot dead in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Jeremy Hance 17 Apr 2014

Emissions from rainforest logging average 16% of those from deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Apr 2014

Nearly 90 percent of logging in the DRC is illegal

Jeremy Hance 8 Apr 2014

Europe not doing enough to stop illegal logging imports says Greenpeace

Jeremy Hance 4 Mar 2014

Population growth and associated food demand to take heavy toll on rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Jan 2014

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