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Elephants populations in the Congo drop 80 percent in fifty years

Jeremy Hance 11 Mar 2009

Cameroon may liquidate rainforest reserve if conservationists don’t step forward

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Mar 2009

Rainforests absorb 20% of emissions annually

Mongabay.com 19 Feb 2009

Giant population of lions could live war-torn region

Mongabay.com 30 Jan 2009

Mountain gorilla population in DR Congo increases 12.5%

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2009

Congo cancels logging contracts covering 13M hectares

Mongabay.com 21 Jan 2009

Gorilla ranger killed in Congo

Mongabay.com 12 Jan 2009

Rangers return to Virunga and begin gorilla census

Mongabay.com 1 Dec 2008

Missing gorilla rangers return safely in Congo, one dies of cholera in camp

Jeremy Hance 6 Nov 2008

39 rangers missing in Virunga Park after headquarters overtaken by rebels

Jeremy Hance 30 Oct 2008

Forest elephants learn to avoid roads, behavior may lead to population decline

Jeremy Hance 27 Oct 2008

Gorilla refuge falls into rebel hands in Congo; Park HQ seized

Mongabay.com 26 Oct 2008

DR Congo to cancel two-thirds of logging contracts due to corruption

Mongabay.com 8 Oct 2008

Group takes ‘venture capital’ approach to conservation

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Sep 2008

Commercial bushmeat trade is devastating wildlife

Mongabay.com 15 Sep 2008

Rare okapi photographed for the first time in Congo park

Mongabay.com 10 Sep 2008

Malaysia targets Africa and the Amazon for oil palm expansion

Mongabay.com 25 Aug 2008

Markets could save rainforests: an interview with Andrew Mitchell

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Aug 2008

1.2 million ha of Congo rainforest certified for sustainable forestry

Mongabay.com 6 Aug 2008

Massive gorilla population discovered in the Congo

Mongabay.com 5 Aug 2008

Logging company Danzer accused of tax fraud in the Congo

Mongabay.com 31 Jul 2008

14 countries win REDD funding to protect tropical forests

Mongabay.com 24 Jul 2008

Britain, Norway commit $210 million towards Congo rainforest conservation

Mongabay.com 24 Jun 2008

Does logging contribute to AIDS deaths in Africa?

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Jun 2008

Congo pygmies use GPS to map eco-certified timber concession

Mongabay.com 29 May 2008

Forest carbon credits could guide development in Congo

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 May 2008

Energy firm to mine oil sands in the Republic of Congo

Mongabay.com 21 May 2008

Mobile game to help save embattled gorillas in the Congo

Jeremy Hance 16 Apr 2008

Indigenous peoples of Congo map their forests with GPS in an effort to save them

Jeremy Hance 13 Apr 2008

Biochar fund to fight hunger, energy poverty, deforestation, and global warming

Mongabay.com 10 Mar 2008

First photos of face-to-face mating by gorillas in the wild

Mongabay.com 12 Feb 2008

DR Congo has great potential for biofuels says U.N. official

Mongabay.com 9 Jan 2008

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