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A rubber farmer taps a rubber tree

Rubber used by leading European tire makers linked to forest loss in Africa: Report

Malavika Vyawahare 6 Jul 2022
Boats in Lake Malawi National Park.

Construction begins on controversial water project inside Lake Malawi National Park

Charles Mpaka 4 Jul 2022
A chimpanzee in the Congo rainforests

Data from droppings: Researchers draw up a genetic ID map for chimps

Charles Mpaka 1 Jul 2022
The nursery at the heart of Minawao nurtures the green shoots of a recovery.

Cameroon’s Nigerian refugees who degraded their camp are now vanguards of reforestation

Amindeh Blaise Atabong 28 Jun 2022
Lilian’s lovebirds perching on a branch.

Home away from home: Researchers trial artificial nests for Lilian’s lovebirds

Charles Mpaka 27 Jun 2022
A coffee seedling nursery at Yayu, with forest in background.

Coal mining threatens Ethiopia’s ancient coffee forest

Kaleab Girma 14 Jun 2022
Eliupendo Laltaika interviewing a member of the Sonjo community.

‘GPS’ bird points to the sweet spot: Q&A with honey hunter Eliupendo Laltaika

Ryan Truscott 13 Jun 2022
Burundian soldiers in a nursery.

In Burundi, one-time combatants who razed forests now raise seedlings

Dieudonné Ndanezerewe 21 Apr 2022

Stronghold for Africa’s rarest falcon discovered in reserve threatened by Mozambique insurgency

Ryan Truscott 24 Mar 2022
Chimpanzee

Patrols work, but community-based conservation needs a rethink, study shows

Malavika Vyawahare 11 Mar 2022

Sierra Leone lawsuit against diamond mine runs up against corporate opacity

Emma Black 17 Feb 2022
Solitary figure in a partly cultivated field, Nimba mountain range in the background. Image by Maarten van der Bent via Flickr CC BY-SA-2.0

Liberian villagers threaten to leave mining agreement, citing broken promises

Varney Kamara 27 Jan 2022
Protestors with signs protesting EACOP, ReconAfrica projects. Image courtesy 350.org

Total’s oil pipeline gets go-ahead from Ugandan MPs despite secret terms

Thomas Lewton 14 Jan 2022

Getting African grasslands right, for people and wildlife alike: Q&A with Susanne Vetter

Kang-Chun Cheng 31 Dec 2021

Court order blocks Shell’s seismic surveys off South Africa’s Wild Coast

Mongabay.com 31 Dec 2021

The Congo Basin’s 10 most consequential stories from 2021

John Cannon 27 Dec 2021

Lockdown underscores Uganda’s overreliance on tourism to fund conservation

Nangayi Guyson 21 Dec 2021

As Ethiopia’s war rages, a 400-year-old conservation site is scarred by battle

Kako 16 Dec 2021

The past, present and future of the Congo peatlands: 10 takeaways from our series

John Cannon 16 Dec 2021

Carbon and communities: The future of the Congo Basin peatlands

John Cannon 14 Dec 2021

Uganda’s ‘Dr. Gladys’ honored by U.N. for work linking conservation and health

Malavika Vyawahare 13 Dec 2021

Holding agriculture and logging at bay in the Congo peatlands

John Cannon 9 Dec 2021

Layers of carbon: The Congo Basin peatlands and oil

John Cannon 7 Dec 2021

The ‘idea’: Uncovering the peatlands of the Congo Basin

John Cannon 2 Dec 2021

Conflict and climate change are big barriers for Africa’s Great Green Wall

Malavika Vyawahare 26 Nov 2021

Liberia loggers felling trees outside concession as government stands by

James Giahyue 23 Nov 2021

At a ‘certified’ palm oil plantation in Nigeria, soldiers and conflict over land

Ashoka Mukpo 22 Nov 2021

For Kenyan farmers, organic fertilizer bokashi brings the land back to life

Isaiah Esipisu 16 Nov 2021

In rural Nigeria, the magic of cinema builds support for ape conservation

Orji Sunday 15 Nov 2021

On Nigeria-Cameroon border, joint patrols throw a lifeline to threatened apes

Orji Sunday 25 Oct 2021

Tracking white-bellied pangolins in Nigeria, the new global trafficking hub

Gianluca Cerullo 7 Oct 2021

Creation of three new northern white rhinos embryos may indicate hope for other rhino species

Ashley Stumvoll 16 Sep 2021

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