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Mangrove destruction for fish trade may undermine fishermen in West Africa

Mongabay.com 15 Sep 2008

Primate conservation may enhance food availability to humans

Mongabay.com 15 Sep 2008

Commercial bushmeat trade is devastating wildlife

Mongabay.com 15 Sep 2008

Cameroon and Nigeria to protect world’s rarest gorilla

Mongabay.com 5 Sep 2008

Ghana becomes first country to sign sustainable timber pact with the E.U.

Mongabay.com 4 Sep 2008

China’s log imports fall 19% in first half of 2008 due to high prices

Mongabay.com 27 Aug 2008

14 countries win REDD funding to protect tropical forests

Mongabay.com 24 Jul 2008

Forest carbon credits could guide development in Congo

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 May 2008

Mobile game to help save embattled gorillas in the Congo

Jeremy Hance 16 Apr 2008

Indigenous peoples of Congo map their forests with GPS in an effort to save them

Jeremy Hance 13 Apr 2008

Photos of rare pygmy hippo in Liberia

Jeremy Hance 12 Mar 2008

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

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