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Nigeria pledges to restore nearly 10 million acres of degraded land

Mike Gaworecki 7 Dec 2017

Chocolate makers agree to stop cutting down forests in West Africa for cocoa

Mike Gaworecki 21 Nov 2017

Citizen scientists around the world are monitoring elephants in Gabon via camera traps — and you can too

Mike Gaworecki 10 Nov 2017

Liberian park protects Critically Endangered western chimpanzees

John Cannon 22 Sep 2017

Does forest certification really work?

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Sep 2017
Deforestation in Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

What works in conservation? In-depth series starts next week

Shreya Dasgupta 15 Sep 2017

Bats and viruses: Beating back a bad reputation

John Cannon 29 Aug 2017

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

Mike Gaworecki 31 Jul 2017

Is the forestry project of the French Development Agency threatening the peatlands of the DRC? (commentary)

Alain Karsenty 28 Jul 2017

On the front lines of conservation: How do rural women feel?

Neha Jain 21 Jul 2017

African great ape bushmeat crisis intensifies; few solutions in sight

Sharon Guynup 7 Jul 2017

Story-telling app and website help communities improve their ‘backyards’

Danielle Bettermann 23 Jun 2017

Conservation group African Parks to look after West African wildlife

Mongabay.com 5 Jun 2017

Not out of the woods: Concerns remain with Nigerian superhighway

John Cannon 26 May 2017

Government action needed on climate resiliency and food security in West Africa

Lillie Howell 19 May 2017
Processed palm oil in Liberia. Photo by Antoshananarivo via Wikimedia Commons.

In Liberia, a battered palm oil industry adjusts to new rules

Ashoka Mukpo 10 May 2017

Going viral: How advancements in Ebola disease detection in wild apes can help to prevent dangerous outbreaks

Lalini Pedris 4 May 2017

Cross River superhighway changes course in Nigeria

John Cannon 28 Apr 2017

Study finds there are ways to mitigate deforestation risks of palm oil expansion in Africa

Mike Gaworecki 20 Apr 2017

Officials, Greenpeace nab four boats for illegally fishing near Guinea-Bissau

John Cannon 3 Apr 2017

From conflict to communities: Forests in Liberia

John Cannon 10 Mar 2017

More than 25,000 elephants were killed in a Gabon national park in one decade

Mike Gaworecki 24 Feb 2017

Scrapping Nigerian superhighway buffer isn’t enough, say conservation groups

John Cannon 22 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

NASA scientists find connection between fires and droughts in sub-Saharan Africa

Mike Gaworecki 19 Jan 2017

The year in tropical rainforests: 2016

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Dec 2016

Palm oil giant defends its deforestation in Gabon, points to country’s ‘right to develop’

Mongabay.com 19 Dec 2016

Chimps help farmers ‘plant’ cacao in Guinea

Morgan Erickson-Davis 6 Dec 2016
The forest of Liberia. Photo by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay.

Corrupt logging practices in Liberia could mar new era in community forestry

Ashoka Mukpo 29 Nov 2016

Seven African countries pledge to protect their tropical forests from unsustainable oil palm development

Mike Gaworecki 16 Nov 2016

Nigerian superhighway project draws international attention over threats to local communities and wildlife

Mike Gaworecki 2 Nov 2016

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