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Restoring the abandoned rice fields required breaking up earthen dykes and clearing channels to restore natural water flow, so that mangroves seedlings and propagules could naturally recolonize the areas. In instances seedlings are also planted to help natural regeneration. Image by Wetlands International & Beyond Borders Media

How a holistic approach aims to heal mangroves in Guinea-Bissau

Ruth Kamnitzer 27 Nov 2024
Egyptian fruit bat

Scientists find unexpected biodiversity in an African river, thanks to eDNA

Abhishyant Kidangoor 6 Sep 2024

Where do the guitarfish go? Scientists and fishers team up to find out

Mike DiGirolamo 22 Jul 2022

Guinea-Bissau turtle hatchery addresses unusual problem of too many eggs

Ricci Shryock 12 Jan 2022

‘I feel obligated to protect them’: A lifelong love affair with Guinea-Bissau’s turtles

Ricci Shryock 11 Jan 2022
Green sea turtle monitors from Canhabaque Island. Image by Ricci Shryock for Mongabay.

For tradition and nature on the Bijagós Islands, loss of one threatens the other

Ricci Shryock 26 Nov 2021

Technology and tradition team up to watch over a sacred island’s sea turtles

Ricci Shryock 19 Nov 2021
Village head Talibo Coté in a light blue kaftan in a forest near his hometown, Djendo. Image by Ricci Shryock for Mongabay

Fears for rosewood as Guinea-Bissau prepares to lift six-year logging ban

Ricci Shryock 21 Jan 2021

10-year plan hopes to give western chimpanzees a fighting chance

Jim Tan 10 Jul 2020
Hooded vultures eating a dog carcass in the Gambia. Image by Paul Walter via Wikicommons (CC BY-2.0)

As Guinea-Bissau records mass vulture deaths, poisoning is main suspect

Ed Holt 9 Mar 2020

Tradition and taboo keep Guinea-Bissau’s forests standing

Ricci Shryock 12 Nov 2019

Western Chimpanzee numbers declined by more than 80 percent over the past quarter century

Mike Gaworecki 31 Jul 2017

On the front lines of conservation: How do rural women feel?

Neha Jain 21 Jul 2017

Officials, Greenpeace nab four boats for illegally fishing near Guinea-Bissau

John Cannon 3 Apr 2017

West African countries come together to stop the illegal rosewood trade

Mike Gaworecki 12 Apr 2016

Dolphins caught in fishing nets: to eat or not to eat?

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Sep 2015

Flag states can be held liable for violations of fishing vessels abroad, international tribunal rules

Melati Kaye 19 May 2015

Goodbye to West Africa’s Rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Jan 2006

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