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Meager post-Ebola harvests worsen food insecurity in West Africa

Lois Parshley 25 Jun 2015

Coordinated protests hit Socfin plantations in four countries

Greg Norman 5 Jun 2015

World’s critical habitats lost Connecticut-size area of forest in a decade

Morgan Erickson-Davis 8 May 2015

Criticism of GAR and Wilmar African oil palm projects highlight global ‘no-deforestation’ challenges

Greg Norman 16 Apr 2015

Local land rights may be in danger from push for palm oil in Liberia

John Cannon 12 Mar 2015

Rainforest loss increased in the 2000s, concludes new analysis

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Feb 2015

Scientists sound the alarm on African palm oil investment

John Cannon 20 Feb 2015

Financial pledges for REDD+ slow to be disbursed, finds report

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2015

Did palm oil expansion play a role in the Ebola crisis?

Emmanuel K. Urey 14 Jan 2015

Greenpeace: zero deforestation pioneer makes progress, but still has work to do

Mongabay.com 22 Dec 2014

Developing land without approval of local people ‘a human rights issue of grave concern,’ says new report

Dr Liz Kimbrough 20 Nov 2014

Destroyed habitat, fewer resources, Ebola: the many repercussions of Liberia’s deforestation

David Brown 29 Oct 2014

Scientists use genes, feces to study disappearing monkeys

Morgan Erickson-Davis 24 Sep 2014

Norway to pay Liberia to stop deforestation

Morgan Erickson-Davis 23 Sep 2014

Don’t eat or touch bat bushmeat amid worsening Ebola outbreak, UN warns

Jeremy Hance 29 Jul 2014

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

John Cannon 28 Jul 2014

Deutsche Bank dumps controversial palm oil company

Mongabay.com 27 May 2014

Over 9,000 primates killed for single bushmeat market in West Africa every year

Ariel Mark 24 Mar 2014

Rainforest news review for 2013

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Dec 2013

Palm oil companies ignoring community rights, new study shows

Diana Parker 7 Nov 2013

Investors beware: global land grabbing ends in ‘financial damage’ and human rights violations

Jeremy Hance 7 Feb 2013

40% of Liberia’s forests granted for logging

Mongabay.com 4 Sep 2012

Ten African nations pledge to transform their economies to take nature into account

Jeremy Hance 11 Jun 2012

The camera trap revolution: how a simple device is shaping research and conservation worldwide

Jeremy Hance 14 Feb 2012

Mysterious pygmy hippo filmed in Liberia

Jeremy Hance 19 Dec 2011

Liberia fights illegal logging through agreement with EU

Jeremy Hance 10 May 2011

Chainsaw Milling: Domestic Unregulated Deforestation Agents or Local Entrepreneurs?

Gabriel Thoumi 10 May 2011

‘Land grab’ fears in Africa legitimate

Jeremy Hance 31 Jan 2011

95% of Liberia’s elephants killed by poachers

Jeremy Hance 24 Jan 2011

Hadapi Moratorium dan Kritik di Indonesia, Sinar Mas Cari Kesempatan Baru untuk Minyak Kelapa di Liberia

Indonesia.mongabay.com 27 Sep 2010

Facing moratorium and criticism in Indonesia, Sinar Mas looks to Liberia for new palm oil opportunities

Mongabay.com 5 Sep 2010

Massive forest carbon scam alleged in Liberia

Mongabay.com 10 Jun 2010

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