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Conservationists mobilize to save Sierra Leone national park and its chimpanzees

Mohamed Fofanah 4 Nov 2024
A group of young people in the forest in Kenema district, Sierra Leone. Image courtesy Sierra Leone Environment Matters.

Sierra Leone group helps farmers adapt to changing climate, protect forest

Emma Black 18 Sep 2024
Baby bonga shad (Ethmalosa fimbriata).

As catches fall, Sierra Leone’s artisanal fishers turn to destructive practices

Josef Skrdlik 27 May 2024
Residents of Hanging Site.

In Sierra Leone’s fishing villages, a reality check for climate aid

Ashoka Mukpo 15 Dec 2022
Fishing in Sierra Leone

In Sierra Leone, local fishers and foreign trawlers battle for their catch

Ashoka Mukpo 24 May 2022

Sierra Leone lawsuit against diamond mine runs up against corporate opacity

Emma Black 17 Feb 2022
Colombia

Coastal deforestation fuels more frequent storms in West Africa, study warns

Mongabay.com 11 Jan 2022
Rusting fishing trawler Fu Hai Yu 1111 in Sierra Leonean Waters. Image by Pierre Gleizes / Greenpeace

Industrial fishing harbor plan raises a stink in Sierra Leone

Mohamed Fofanah 7 Sep 2021

In Sierra Leone, two colorful land crabs rediscovered, two new species found

Liz Kimbrough 30 Jul 2021
Clearing beached Sargassum in Sierra Leone. Image courtesy Environmental Protection Agency – Sierra Leone

Entangled: How a global seaweed ‘plague’ threatens West Africa’s coastline

Richard Arghiris 11 Nov 2020

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

Jim Tan 10 Jul 2020

‘They took it over by force’: Corruption and palm oil in Sierra Leone

Victoria Schneider 30 Jun 2020

How the legacy of colonialism built a palm oil empire

Victoria Schneider 26 Jun 2020

For the western chimpanzee, sanctuaries are more than just a last resort

Mark Hillsdon 26 May 2020
Camera trap photo of a chimpanzee with mangoes.

Chimps in Sierra Leone adapt to human-impacted habitats, but threats remain

Ini Ekott 10 Jul 2019
Fishermen arrange their gear in Tombo. Many local artisanal fishermen supported the recent one-month closure of Sierra Leone’s waters to fishing by industrial vessels. Image by Uzman Unis Bah for Mongabay.

Was Sierra Leone’s one-month fishing ban enough to replenish fish stocks?

Uzman Unis Bah 3 Jul 2019

Lost in translation: Green regulations backfire without local context

Mongabay.com 3 Jul 2019

Animal trainers are teaching wildlife to conserve themselves

Linda Lombardi 10 Apr 2018

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

Mike Gaworecki 31 Jul 2017

West African countries come together to stop the illegal rosewood trade

Mike Gaworecki 12 Apr 2016

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

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

Melati Kaye 19 May 2015

Rainforest loss increased in the 2000s, concludes new analysis

Rhett A. Butler 25 Feb 2015

Selective logging causes long-term changes to forest structure

Rhett A. Butler 18 Feb 2015

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

Jeremy Hance 29 Jul 2014

Mysterious pygmy hippo filmed in Liberia

Jeremy Hance 19 Dec 2011

Sierra Leone creates rainforest park

Mongabay.com 3 Dec 2011

Loss of old growth forest continues

Rhett A. Butler 6 Oct 2010

Sierra Leone cracks down on illegal logging by banning log exports

Mongabay.com 2 Jan 2010

Sierra Leone bans timber exports

Mongabay.com 15 Jan 2008

Poverty and corruption reduce effectiveness of rainforest parks

Mongabay.com 9 Jul 2007

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