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Nigeria finds itself at the heart of the illegal pangolin trade

Orji Sunday 15 Aug 2019

Cocoa and gunshots: The struggle to save a threatened forest in Nigeria

Orji Sunday 19 Jul 2019
Bulldozers parked in a muddy clearing near near Okuni, Cross River State, Nigeria

In Nigeria, a highway threatens community and conservation interests

Linus Unah 9 Jul 2019
Oil palm fruit in Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Nigeria plans 8-fold increase in palm oil production

Mongabay.com 25 Jun 2019
Ape part traders in Nigeria say that primate hands, such as these photographed in Nigeria, are among the parts most highly in demand. Image courtesy of the EAGLE network.

What is magic without ape parts? Inside the illicit trade devastating Nigeria’s apes

Orji Sunday 29 May 2019

Changing energy use in rural Africa with power from solar, clean stoves…and women

David Klinges 2 May 2019

In Nigeria, hunters turn into guardians of the rarest gorilla on Earth

Linus Unah 4 Mar 2019

Gorilla radio: Sending a conservation message in Nigeria

Linus Unah 6 Feb 2019
Rose-ringed parakeets seized from the parrot trade in Senegal. Photo courtesy of Davide de Guz/World Parrot Trust

Deadly parrot virus found in native birds from Asia and Africa

Erin I. Garcia de Jesus 5 Dec 2018

Rainforests: the year in review 2017

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jan 2018

Nigeria pledges to restore nearly 10 million acres of degraded land

Mike Gaworecki 7 Dec 2017

Not out of the woods: Concerns remain with Nigerian superhighway

John Cannon 26 May 2017

Cross River superhighway changes course in Nigeria

John Cannon 28 Apr 2017

Scrapping Nigerian superhighway buffer isn’t enough, say conservation groups

John Cannon 22 Feb 2017

It’s World Pangolin Day!

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Feb 2017

The year in tropical rainforests: 2016

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Dec 2016

Nigerian superhighway project draws international attention over threats to local communities and wildlife

Mike Gaworecki 2 Nov 2016

Nigerian drill monkeys’ fast-disappearing haven

Shannon Cuthbert 14 Oct 2016

Can public-private partnerships preserve the dwindling biodiversity of Lagos?

Kolawole Talabi 5 Jul 2016

West African countries come together to stop the illegal rosewood trade

Mike Gaworecki 12 Apr 2016

CyberTracking for Africa’s most endangered ape

Julia John 25 Mar 2016

Nigerian government urged to halt “land grab” in Ekuri community forest

Mike Gaworecki 11 Mar 2016

Two-thirds of the world’s population doesn’t have reliable access to fresh water

Mike Gaworecki 15 Feb 2016

Photos: Can helping local people save an embattled Nigerian park?

Lawal Sani Kona 20 Jan 2016

Countries call for new CITES protections for rosewood species

Mike Gaworecki 14 Jan 2016
The study authors counted carcasses from hundreds of markets like this one, where visitors can purchase whole birds and their body parts. Photo by Gerhard Nikolaus.

Vanishing vultures: Africa’s fetish and bushmeat trade is driving its scavengers to extinction

Brendan Bane 19 Nov 2015

Superhighway construction surges forward in Nigeria

John Cannon 17 Nov 2015

Wilmar accused of Nigerian ‘land grab’ for palm oil

Greg Norman 21 Jul 2015

Private sector innovations reduce food loss in West Africa

Margaret Egbula 1 Jun 2015

Ghosts of problems past and present loom over Nigerian palm oil plans

Greg Norman 28 May 2015

Elephant poaching rate unchanged – and still devastating

Jeremy Hance 25 Mar 2015

World’s rarest gorilla gets a new protected home

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Oct 2014

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