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Carbon traders, not conservationists, could save Cameroon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Feb 2008

Sierra Leone bans timber exports

Mongabay.com 15 Jan 2008

Pictures of new species discovered in West Africa

Mongabay.com 6 Dec 2007

Rare gorillas use weapons to attack forest-intruding humans

Mongabay.com 5 Dec 2007

Poverty and corruption reduce effectiveness of rainforest parks

Mongabay.com 9 Jul 2007

Time running out for world’s rarest gorilla

Mongabay.com 21 Jun 2007

Chimps hunt bush babies with spears

Mongabay.com 22 Feb 2007

Looming desertification could spawn millions of environmental refugees

Mongabay.com 14 Dec 2006

Outbreak may be killing chimps in Guinea – Reuters

Mongabay.com 3 Dec 2006

$100 laptop for poor children ships

Mongabay.com 20 Nov 2006

Cameroon could make millions of dollars under emissions deal

Mongabay.com 6 Nov 2006

Forest protection could earn tens of millions for Ghana

Mongabay.com 6 Nov 2006

West African black rhino may be extinct

Mongabay.com 17 Jul 2006

Logging resumes in Liberia

Mongabay.com 17 Jul 2006

Bushmeat from African apes sold in American markets

Mongabay.com 6 Jul 2006

Debt-for-Nature Swap Protects Forest in Cameroon

World Wildlife Fund 22 Jun 2006

Environmentalists awarded prestigious prize for grassroots work

Mongabay.com 24 Apr 2006

Goodbye to West Africa’s Rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Jan 2006

Nigeria has worst deforestation rate, FAO revises figures

November 17 17 Nov 2005

Cocoa innovations could help West Africa escape poverty

Reuters 21 Sep 2005

In Niger, 50% deaths among children under five from malaria

World Health Organization (who) 20 Sep 2005

Builder of rainforest canopy walkways believes conservation can be profitable

The Ecological Finance Review 20 Sep 2005

Program encourages entrepreneurship among Nigerian high school students

California State University 18 Jul 2005

Studying the rainforest canopy

Tina Butler 21 Apr 2005

Timber hungry China moves into Africa

Tina Butler 20 Apr 2005

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