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Newly discovered Tanzanian frog already facing extinction

Benji Jones 2 Mar 2017

African bush babies gain a new genus

John Cannon 20 Feb 2017

It’s World Pangolin Day!

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Feb 2017

Investors learning to pay heed to community land rights

John Cannon 13 Feb 2017
A necklace made from mpingo and another local hardwood. Mpingo’s dark, lustrous properties has made it one of the most valuable timbers in the world. Photo by Sophie Tremblay for Mongabay

In one Tanzanian village, survival is intimately linked to forest conservation

Sophie Tremblay, Willy Lowry 12 Feb 2017

Trophy hunters overstate contribution of big game hunting to African economies: Report

Mike Gaworecki 10 Feb 2017

Anger rises over human-elephant conflict in Tanzania

Adam C. Stein, Brennan PetersonWood, Hannah Shaw 9 Feb 2017
A bag of charcoal for sale in Namanga border point. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay

Despite delays, Kenya and Tanzania continue to push against illegal logging

Nathan Siegel 29 Jan 2017
A woodcarver makes a carving of a rhinoceros on the outskirts of Lunga Lunga, a town on the border between Kenya and Tanzania. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay

As forests in East Africa disappear, so does an industry of artisans

Nathan Siegel 3 Jan 2017

Cheetah populations crash as fastest-animal disappears from 91% of its range

Mongabay.com 26 Dec 2016
Ezekiel Philipo, a member of the Hadzabe tribe, works as a village game scout for Carbon Tanzania. The Hadzabe are considered one of the last hunter-gatherer tribes in the world and are the only remaining hunter-gatherer tribe in Tanzania. They use homemade bows and poison arrows to hunt animals like antelope, gazelles, baboons and quail. Photo by Willy Lowry for Mongabay.

Ancient hunter-gatherer tribe protects traditional forest with help from carbon trading

Sophie Tremblay, Willy Lowry 28 Nov 2016

Female chimpanzees wait for their turn at the top of the social pecking order

Aylin Woodward 23 Nov 2016

Off-the-shelf hobby drones are helping save elephants in Tanzania

Mike Gaworecki 18 Nov 2016
A man transports charcoal in a wheelbarrow in No Man's Land in Namanga, a border town between Kenya and Tanzania. Photo by Nathan Siegel

An East African border town struggles with growing pains

Nathan Siegel 18 Nov 2016
A pile of illegally cut timber discovered by a patrol group in Tanzania. Photo by Sophie Tremblay

Are conservation policies a driver of deforestation in Tanzania?

Jens Friis Lund, Jevgeniy Bluwstein, Mathew Bukhi Mabele, Andreas Scheba, Eliezeri Sungusia 14 Nov 2016
Tumaini Matinda drives his beat up 1995 Land Cruiser during one of his patrols in the forests of the Simanjiro district in northeast Tanzania. Photo by Willy Lowry

One man’s quest to save Tanzania’s forests

Sophie Tremblay, Willy Lowry 7 Nov 2016
A cook fries potato chips using charcoal at the Salama Guest House on the Kenyan side of Namanga. Photo by Nathan Siegel

In a border town, a favorite African fuel has an uncertain future

Nathan Siegel 3 Nov 2016
Villagers in Tanzania use mobile monitoring to keep an eye on the forests. Photo courtesy USAID Africa

Despite conservation efforts, Tanzania’s forests still under pressure

Sophie Tremblay, Willy Lowry 7 Oct 2016

Farmers lead the way to reduce elephant crop raiding in Tanzania

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 16 Sep 2016
Rangers at Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve. Photo by Ninara via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Poaching in Africa becomes increasingly militarized

William H. Funk 12 Sep 2016

From ‘Silverbacks’ to Systems Leaders: Rethinking African conservation leadership (commentary)

Fred Nelson, Erin Myers Madeira 8 Sep 2016

Detector Dogs sniff out illegal ivory, help nab poacher in Tanzania

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Aug 2016
Tanzanian women carry new beehives into the forest. Photo by Felipe Rodriguez/APW

Can helping women achieve financial freedom help the environment, too?

Roz Evans 24 Aug 2016

New video emerges of wildlife abuses by safari company in Tanzania

Mike Gaworecki 18 Jul 2016

The assassinations of Mother Nature’s guardians (commentary)

Fred Bercovitch 24 May 2016
Red-eyed tree frog. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

The top 10 most biodiverse countries

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 May 2016

7 conservationists win the ‘Green Oscars’

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Apr 2016

Disease prevention a boost to human health and great ape conservation

Elizabeth Devitt 21 Apr 2016

One ape, two ape: why counting apes is so difficult — but crucial

Jennifer Huizen 19 Apr 2016

Two Chinese ivory smugglers sentenced to 35 years each in jail

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Mar 2016

Two forest countries, two very different conservation finance outlooks

Mike Gaworecki 14 Mar 2016

Bringing field surveys into the modern, mobile world

Katie Taylor 4 Mar 2016

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