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Commercial fish smoking is the “most pervasive” threat to mangrove forests in West Africa

Mongabay.com 6 Dec 2009

Pygmy hippo shot and killed in…Australia

Jeremy Hance 17 Nov 2009

Dangers for journalists who expose environmental issues

Reporters Without Borders 19 Sep 2009

A New Idea to Save Tropical Forests Takes Flight

John O. Niles 29 Jun 2009

Indigenous people, forest communities in Africa control less than 2% of forest land

Mongabay.com 28 May 2009

Drought threatens rare desert elephants

Jeremy Hance 21 May 2009

Scientists find world’s largest leatherback sea turtle population in Gabon

Jeremy Hance 17 May 2009

Chimpanzee population plummets 90 percent in supposedly strong region

Jeremy Hance 6 May 2009

Sime Darby signs palm oil deal in Liberia

Mongabay.com 4 May 2009

Environmental campaign blocks palm oil project in Cote d’ Ivoire wetland

Mongabay.com 25 Apr 2009

River systems worldwide are losing water due to global warming

Jeremy Hance 22 Apr 2009

Gabonese environmental activist receives prize for standing up to government, Chinese company

Jeremy Hance 20 Apr 2009

Droughts lasting centuries in West Africa are commonplace

Jeremy Hance 16 Apr 2009

Male chimps use meat to seduce

Jeremy Hance 7 Apr 2009

Dedicated rock-throwing chimp proves longterm planning

Jeremy Hance 10 Mar 2009

All about giraffes: an interview with a giraffe expert

Jeremy Hance 9 Mar 2009

Photos: Rarest cheetah photographed for the first time

Jeremy Hance 23 Feb 2009

80% of wars between 1950-2000 took place in biodiversity hotspots

Mongabay.com 22 Feb 2009

Cameroon moves to protect rarest gorilla

Mongabay.com 26 Nov 2008

Côte d'Ivoire's endangered chimp population falls 99% since 1960

Jeremy Hance 14 Oct 2008

11 species of monkeys discovered in West African biodiversity hotspot

Mongabay.com 15 Sep 2008

New rainforest sanctuary in Cameroon already at risk from plantations, hunting

Mongabay.com 15 Sep 2008

Teak wood may be improved by greater genetic diversity

Mongabay.com 15 Sep 2008

Mangrove destruction for fish trade may undermine fishermen in West Africa

Mongabay.com 15 Sep 2008

Primate conservation may enhance food availability to humans

Mongabay.com 15 Sep 2008

Commercial bushmeat trade is devastating wildlife

Mongabay.com 15 Sep 2008

Cameroon and Nigeria to protect world’s rarest gorilla

Mongabay.com 5 Sep 2008

Ghana becomes first country to sign sustainable timber pact with the E.U.

Mongabay.com 4 Sep 2008

China’s log imports fall 19% in first half of 2008 due to high prices

Mongabay.com 27 Aug 2008

14 countries win REDD funding to protect tropical forests

Mongabay.com 24 Jul 2008

Forest carbon credits could guide development in Congo

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 May 2008

Mobile game to help save embattled gorillas in the Congo

Jeremy Hance 16 Apr 2008

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