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Hunting, logging could threaten long-term health of Congo forests by wiping out key animals

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Jul 2013

Deforestation rate falls in Congo Basin countries

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Jul 2013

Controversial palm oil project halted in Cameroon

Mongabay.com 24 May 2013

Forest certification body revokes Swiss logging company’s certificate over alleged Congo abuses

Mongabay.com 21 May 2013

Gabon steps in to help protect elephants from ivory poaching at Central African Republic site

Mongabay.com 18 May 2013

Conservation policies that boost farm yields may ultimately undermine forest protection, argues study

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Apr 2013

An insidious threat to tropical forests: over-hunting endangers tree species in Asia and Africa

Jeremy Hance 4 Apr 2013

Infamous elephant poacher turns cannibal in the Congo

Pete Jones 3 Apr 2013

Forging zoos into global conservation centers, an interview with Cristian Samper, head of WCS

Mark Szotek 25 Mar 2013

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

Jeremy Hance 11 Mar 2013

62% of all Africa’s forest elephants killed in 10 years (warning: graphic images)

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Mar 2013

New illegal logging ban in EU could sever all ties with companies working in DRC

Jeremy Hance 4 Mar 2013

Warlords, sorcery, and wildlife: an environmental artist ventures into the Congo

Jeremy Hance 25 Feb 2013

Activists warn of industrial palm oil expansion in Congo rainforest

Jeremy Hance 21 Feb 2013

Controversial palm oil project concession in Cameroon is 89 percent ‘dense natural forest’

Jeremy Hance 21 Feb 2013

The year in rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Dec 2012

DR Congo gets first validated and verified REDD+ project

Mongabay.com 20 Dec 2012

‘Exporting deforestation’: China is the kingpin of illegal logging

Jeremy Hance 29 Nov 2012

Foreign loggers and corrupt officials flouting logging moratorium in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Jeremy Hance 8 Nov 2012

NASA satellites catch vast deforestation inside Virunga National Park

Jeremy Hance 3 Oct 2012

Illegal logging worth $30-100B annually

Mongabay.com 1 Oct 2012

Remarkable new monkey discovered in remote Congo rainforest

Jeremy Hance 12 Sep 2012

Palm oil company in Cameroon drops bid for eco-certification of controversial plantation

Mongabay.com 5 Sep 2012

Turning gorilla poachers into conservationists in the Congo [warning: graphic photos]

Jeremy Hance 13 Aug 2012

Poacher known as ‘Morgan’ behind devastating massacre at Okapi Wildlife Reserve

Jeremy Hance 5 Jul 2012

10,000 sq mi of Congo rainforest declared World Heritage site

Mongabay.com 2 Jul 2012

Congolese experts needed to protect Congo Basin rainforests

Ingrid Schulze 20 Jun 2012

Over 700 people killed defending forest and land rights in past ten years

Jeremy Hance 19 Jun 2012

Controversial logging company sells operations in DR Congo

Mongabay.com 23 Mar 2012

Deforestation increases in the Congo rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Mar 2012

Oil exploration approved in Africa’s oldest park, Virunga National Park

Jeremy Hance 19 Mar 2012

Republic of the Congo expands park to protect fearless chimps

Jeremy Hance 16 Feb 2012

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