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Brazil: king of conservation, deforestation for the 2000s

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Dec 2009

Global warming will increase likelihood of civil war in Africa by 55 percent

Jeremy Hance 23 Nov 2009

Disney commits $4 million to rainforest conservation in the Amazon, Congo

Mongabay.com 3 Nov 2009

Roads are enablers of rainforest destruction

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Sep 2009

‘Greening’ logging concessions could help save great apes

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Sep 2009

Saving Africa’s ‘unicorn’, the okapi

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Sep 2009

China to establish giant oil palm plantation in DR Congo

Mongabay.com 10 Jul 2009

First captive bonobos released into the wild

Jeremy Hance 16 Jun 2009

Range extended for world’s most mysterious gorilla

Jeremy Hance 11 Jun 2009

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

Mongabay.com 28 May 2009

Rich countries buy up agricultural land in poor countries

Jeremy Hance 26 May 2009

New rainforest reserve in Congo benefits bonobos and locals

Jeremy Hance 25 May 2009

The EU and Republic of Congo announce system to eradicate illegal logging

Jeremy Hance 11 May 2009

African pygmies diverged from other humans 60,000 years ago

Jeremy Hance 10 Apr 2009

Vanishing forest elephants are the Congo’s greatest cultivators

Jeremy Hance 9 Apr 2009

Flu epidemic killing bonobos in Congo sanctuary

Jeremy Hance 29 Mar 2009

DR Congo, Indonesia, PNG, Tanzania, Vietnam win REDD funding for forest conservation

Mongabay.com 20 Mar 2009

Elephants populations in the Congo drop 80 percent in fifty years

Jeremy Hance 11 Mar 2009

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

Mongabay.com 22 Feb 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

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

Logging company Danzer accused of tax fraud in the Congo

Mongabay.com 31 Jul 2008

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