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Oil exploration on hold in Virunga National Park—for now

Jeremy Hance 17 Mar 2011

Goodbye national parks: when ‘eternal’ protected areas come under attack

Jeremy Hance 17 Mar 2011

Congo legalizes 15 logging concessions, prompting concern that moratorium will be lifted next

Jeremy Hance 13 Mar 2011

Oil company charged after allegedly forcing entry into Virunga National Park

Jeremy Hance 21 Feb 2011

After another ranger killed, Virunga National Park requests UN peacekeepers

Jeremy Hance 1 Feb 2011

‘Land grab’ fears in Africa legitimate

Jeremy Hance 31 Jan 2011

Eight rangers, soldiers killed in Virunga National Park

Jeremy Hance 25 Jan 2011

UN and conservation organizations condemn big oil’s plan to drill in Virunga National Park

Jeremy Hance 20 Jan 2011

Mountain gorilla population up by 100 individuals

Jeremy Hance 7 Dec 2010

Free availability of satellite imagery has boosted deforestation monitoring applications, but risk of data gap looms

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Sep 2010

Into the Congo: saving bonobos means aiding left-behind communities, an interview with Gay Reinartz

Jeremy Hance 23 Sep 2010

Photos: world’s top ten ‘lost frogs’

Jeremy Hance 9 Aug 2010

Protected areas vital for saving elephants, chimps, and gorillas in the Congo

Jeremy Hance 10 May 2010

United States has higher percentage of forest loss than Brazil

Jeremy Hance 26 Apr 2010

Guerrillas could drive gorillas toward extinction in Congo, warns UN

Mongabay.com 25 Mar 2010

Congo basin rainforest countries

Mongabay.com 15 Jan 2010

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

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