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Wildlife drones could revolutionize aerial surveys of animal populations

Jeremy Hance 30 Sep 2013

Forgotten species: the nearly extinct primate that can be shot on sight

Jeremy Hance 27 Sep 2013

Smuggler who illegally traded 500 chimps gets one year in prison

Jeremy Hance 27 Aug 2013

Illegal marijuana cultivation threatens Nigeria’s forests and chimps

Dr Liz Kimbrough 26 Jul 2013

NGO hits out at study for downplaying logging threat in Congo rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Jul 2013

Hunting, logging could threaten long-term health of Congo forests by wiping out key animals

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Jul 2013

Deforestation rate falls in Congo Basin countries

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Jul 2013

Fertility in Africa could push world population over 11 billion

Jeremy Hance 13 Jun 2013

Bulk of Ghana timber exports may be illegal

Mongabay.com 30 May 2013

Nearly a million people face food crisis in Niger

Jeremy Hance 13 May 2013

New endangered list for ecosystems modeled after ‘Red list’ for species

Mongabay.com 9 May 2013

Top security official in Nigeria blames climate change for worsening insecurity

Jeremy Hance 25 Apr 2013

Emergency: large number of elephants being poached in the Central African Republic (warning: graphic image)

Jeremy Hance 25 Apr 2013

China ‘looting’ Africa of its fish

John Vidal 24 Apr 2013

Beautiful striped bat is the “find of a lifetime” (photos)

Jeremy Hance 10 Apr 2013

An insidious threat to tropical forests: over-hunting endangers tree species in Asia and Africa

Jeremy Hance 4 Apr 2013

What happened to the elephants of Bouba Ndjida? [warning: graphic photos]

Christina M. Russo 7 Mar 2013

Guide for filing complaints on rule-breaking by palm oil companies published

Mongabay.com 28 Feb 2013

Scientists: stop treating population growth as a ‘given’ and empower women

Jeremy Hance 27 Feb 2013

Investors beware: global land grabbing ends in ‘financial damage’ and human rights violations

Jeremy Hance 7 Feb 2013

Bloodsucking flies help scientists identify rare, hard-to-find mammals

Jeremy Hance 16 Jan 2013

Lion population falls 68 percent in 50 years

Jeremy Hance 4 Dec 2012

Photos reveal destruction of Cameroon rainforest for palm oil

Jeremy Hance 26 Nov 2012

Cute animal picture of the day: baby pygmy hippo

Jeremy Hance 22 Oct 2012

40% of Liberia’s forests granted for logging

Mongabay.com 4 Sep 2012

Cute animal pictures of the day: gorilla toddler saved from illegal pet trade

Jeremy Hance 20 Aug 2012

As U.S. sees record heat, extreme weather pummels 4 continents

Jeremy Hance 10 Jul 2012

Tracking elephants in Cameroon to mitigate conflict with locals

Jeremy Hance 9 Jul 2012

Gabon torches their ivory stock as poachers attack okapi reserve

Jeremy Hance 2 Jul 2012

Traditional belief in mythical beasts help protect forests

Mongabay.com 19 Jun 2012

Alarm rising over food crisis in Sahel region

Jeremy Hance 13 Jun 2012

Ten African nations pledge to transform their economies to take nature into account

Jeremy Hance 11 Jun 2012

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