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Fishermen in Dakar, Senegal.

To renew or not to renew? African nations reconsider EU fishing deals

Edward Carver 17 May 2024
A member of the Ghanaian maritime police observes a vessel suspected of fishing illegally prior to boarding it as part of a U.S.-Ghana combined maritime law enforcement operation in 2014. Image courtesy of Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet via Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0 Deed).

Fishing by dodgy fleets hurts economies, jobs in developing countries: Report

Mikael Angelo S. Francisco 26 Apr 2024

Report shines partial light on worst labor offenders in opaque fishing industry

Edward Carver 21 Nov 2023
The Deekali Project: Women washing plastic waste to prepare for the grinding machine at a local recycling facility in Senegal.

As companies buy ‘plastic credits,’ are they reducing waste or greenwashing?

Charles Pekow 19 Oct 2023

In Senegal, rice intensification helps farmers grow more with less

Noah Tobias 30 May 2023
Artisanal timber producers in Cameroon. Image by Mokhamad Eldiadi/CIFOR via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.o)

Forests & finance: Protection and restoration in Cameroon and Senegal, fire threat in Angola

Mongabay.com 13 Apr 2023
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Senegal herders demand return of grazing grounds controlled by U.S. firm

Elodie Toto 23 Mar 2023
West African lioness Florence with one of her cubs.

Video of rare West African lion cubs sparks hope for the population

Liz Kimbrough 17 Mar 2023
Oceanographer Canyon, creating an ideal microhabitat for a deep-water coral community and a couple of octopus. Image courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, 2013 Northeast U.S. Canyons Expedition.

Win for science as BP pressured into cleaning up offshore gas plans

Elodie Toto 9 Feb 2023
Gura Ferda expedition, Ethiopia, May-June 2022. Image courtesy Christophe Bernier.

Forests & Finance: A road project, food baskets, and unique wildlife

Mongabay.com 18 Oct 2022
Close up of men chanting at a protest in Cayar, Senegal. Image © Greenpeace / Annika Hammerschlag.

Fished out at sea and smoked out on land, Senegal fishers take on a fishmeal factory

Lawon Olalekan 6 Oct 2022
A handful of peanuts.

Book Review: ‘Slaves for Peanuts’ gets to the troubling roots of a beloved snack

Malavika Vyawahare 23 Jun 2022
Salatou Sambou

A tale of successes and new challenges in Senegal: Q&A with ICCA coordinator Salatou Sambou

Valisoa Rasolofomboahangy 21 Jun 2022

Small farmers take a stand for one of Dakar’s last urban woodlands

Francesco De Augustinis 13 Apr 2022

Worked to death: How a Chinese tuna juggernaut crushed its Indonesian workers

Mongabay and Tansa and The Environmental Reporting Collective 13 Sep 2021
Planted mangrove seedlings. Image by Irwandi wancaleu via Wikimedia Commons (CC 4.0)

In mangrove restoration, custom solutions beat one-size-fits-all approach

Mark Hillsdon 30 Oct 2020

Though forests burn, trees retake farmland globally as agroforestry advances

Patrick Worms 10 Aug 2020

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

Jim Tan 10 Jul 2020

Global fisheries deprive local communities of key nutrients, study finds

Stephen Leahy 26 Sep 2019
Rose-ringed parakeets seized from the parrot trade in Senegal. Photo courtesy of Davide de Guz/World Parrot Trust

Deadly parrot virus found in native birds from Asia and Africa

Erin I. Garcia de Jesus 5 Dec 2018
Dienaba Diedhiou, an oyster collector in her 70s, poses with her grandchildren. Image by Jennifer O’Mahony for Mongabay.

Women’s work in Senegalese conservation includes exorcising demons

Jennifer O’Mahony 19 Oct 2018
Bassirou Sambou, who heads the biodiversity monitoring section of Kawawana, stands in the ancient woodland surrounding his home. Image by Jennifer O’Mahony for Mongabay.

Watching the wildlife return: Q&A with a rural Senegalese river monitor

Jennifer O’Mahony 15 Oct 2018
A fisherman pulls in a barracuda at sunset on the waters of the Casamance River, accompanied by an apprentice. Image by Jennifer O’Mahony for Mongabay.

Senegal: After reviving fish and forests, Jola villages tackle new threats

Jennifer O’Mahony 10 Oct 2018

Investors learning to pay heed to community land rights

John Cannon 13 Feb 2017

West African countries come together to stop the illegal rosewood trade

Mike Gaworecki 12 Apr 2016

Threatened West African rosewood species gets CITES protection

Mike Gaworecki 16 Feb 2016

Countries call for new CITES protections for rosewood species

Mike Gaworecki 14 Jan 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

Five new, cryptic bats discovered in Senegal

Bobbie Edwards 11 Nov 2013

New endangered list for ecosystems modeled after ‘Red list’ for species

Mongabay.com 9 May 2013

Alarm rising over food crisis in Sahel region

Jeremy Hance 13 Jun 2012

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