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Superhighway construction surges forward in Nigeria

John Cannon 17 Nov 2015

Illegal logging decimating birds in Ghana: ‘These numbers are shocking’

Jeremy Hance 14 Oct 2015

Can Liberia succeed in balancing palm oil with conservation?

Sara Jerving 29 Sep 2015

Dolphins caught in fishing nets: to eat or not to eat?

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Sep 2015

Busted: Guinean wildlife official arrested for trafficking chimpanzees

Mongabay 3 Sep 2015

Will palm oil help Liberia? Industry expansion has critics crying foul

Sara Jerving 11 Aug 2015

‘We want our land back’: Liberian communities speak out about big palm oil

Sara Jerving 10 Aug 2015

Feline Unseen: The African Golden Cat

Sean Mowbray 10 Aug 2015

Cleaning up cacao: making the chocolate business more sustainable

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Jul 2015

Palm oil company denies capitalizing on Ebola to advance Liberia operations

Greg Norman 23 Jul 2015

Wilmar accused of Nigerian ‘land grab’ for palm oil

Greg Norman 21 Jul 2015

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

Have the ‘Bandit 6’ poached their last toothfish in the Southern Ocean?

Mike Gaworecki 1 Jun 2015

Private sector innovations reduce food loss in West Africa

Margaret Egbula 1 Jun 2015

Together we stand: A policy approach to reducing food loss in West Africa

Margaret Egbula 28 May 2015

Ghosts of problems past and present loom over Nigerian palm oil plans

Greg Norman 28 May 2015

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

Melati Kaye 19 May 2015

Satellite images show deforestation on fringes of UNESCO World Heritage Site in Cameroon

John Cannon 14 May 2015

World’s critical habitats lost Connecticut-size area of forest in a decade

Morgan Erickson-Davis 8 May 2015

Criticism of GAR and Wilmar African oil palm projects highlight global ‘no-deforestation’ challenges

Greg Norman 16 Apr 2015

Elephant poaching rate unchanged – and still devastating

Jeremy Hance 25 Mar 2015

Declining palm oil prices: Good news and bad news for smallholders

Jaboury Ghazoul 16 Mar 2015

Local land rights may be in danger from push for palm oil in Liberia

John Cannon 12 Mar 2015

Rainforest loss increased in the 2000s, concludes new analysis

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Feb 2015

Scientists sound the alarm on African palm oil investment

John Cannon 20 Feb 2015

Selective logging causes long-term changes to forest structure

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Feb 2015

Financial pledges for REDD+ slow to be disbursed, finds report

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2015

Scandal and intrigue overshadow environment at the Simandou mine in Guinea

Daniel Stiles - Mongabay Special Reporting Assignment Fellow 20 Jan 2015

Did palm oil expansion play a role in the Ebola crisis?

Emmanuel K. Urey 14 Jan 2015

Rainforests: 10 things to watch in 2015

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Jan 2015

Top 10 Environmental Stories of 2014

Rhett A. Butler, Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Dec 2014

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