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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

Nigerian drill monkeys’ fast-disappearing haven

Shannon Cuthbert 14 Oct 2016

Calls for CITES to address the corruption fueling the illegal wildlife trade

Mike Gaworecki 23 Sep 2016

Proposed sale of timber from palm oil concession sparks alarm in Liberia

Jeremy Hance 21 Sep 2016
Sime Darby plantation in Cape Mount County. Photo courtesy JPN Liberia

Liberia land policy a ‘challenge to national development’

Mark M. Dahn 14 Sep 2016

New, undescribed species of Scops owl documented on Príncipe island

Mike Gaworecki 5 Aug 2016

Can public-private partnerships preserve the dwindling biodiversity of Lagos?

Kolawole Talabi 5 Jul 2016

In unprecedented move, Michelin adopts zero deforestation for rubber sourcing

Mongabay.com 13 Jun 2016

The dark side of China’s foreign fishing boom

Cory Rogers 2 Jun 2016

Five technologies help thwart illegal logging by tracing wood’s origin

Emily Kaldjian, Loretta Cheung, Ruth Nogueron 23 May 2016

There are only three Saharan addax antelope left in the wild

Mike Gaworecki 6 May 2016

Indigenous and forest community leaders tour the EU to call for conflict-free palm oil

Mike Gaworecki 4 May 2016

7 conservationists win the ‘Green Oscars’

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Apr 2016

International forest conservation finance is flowing to Africa

Mike Gaworecki 26 Apr 2016

Disease prevention a boost to human health and great ape conservation

Elizabeth Devitt 21 Apr 2016

Eavesdropping on Cameroon’s poachers to save endangered primates

Claire Salisbury 20 Apr 2016

West African countries come together to stop the illegal rosewood trade

Mike Gaworecki 12 Apr 2016

An agribusiness revolution is needed to save Africa’s last great apes

William H. Funk 12 Apr 2016

Palm oil’s new frontier: averting a Great Ape catastrophe in Cameroon

Claire Salisbury 1 Apr 2016

Major legal system breakdowns threaten great apes of Africa, Asia

William H. Funk 31 Mar 2016

Leuser’s Legacy: how rescued orangutans help assure species survival

Laurel Neme 30 Mar 2016

CyberTracking for Africa’s most endangered ape

Julia John 25 Mar 2016

Oil palm company takes lead on sustainable agriculture in Gabon

John Cannon 15 Mar 2016

Nigerian government urged to halt “land grab” in Ekuri community forest

Mike Gaworecki 11 Mar 2016

Gorillas in threatened Cameroon forest caught on film for first time

Mike Gaworecki 7 Mar 2016

Peace agreements often ignore natural resources, report finds

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Feb 2016

Threatened West African rosewood species gets CITES protection

Mike Gaworecki 16 Feb 2016

Two-thirds of the world’s population doesn’t have reliable access to fresh water

Mike Gaworecki 15 Feb 2016

Photos: Can helping local people save an embattled Nigerian park?

Lawal Sani Kona 20 Jan 2016

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