Ebola outbreak in Congo kills 166
Ebola outbreak in Congo kills 166 Ebola outbreak in Congo kills 166 mongabay.com September 12, 2007 An Ebola outbreak has been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, reported the…
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Rebels invade Congo gorilla sanctuary, park rangers evacuated
Rebels invade Congo gorilla sanctuary, park rangers evacuated Rebels invade Congo gorilla sanctuary, park rangers evacuated mongabay.com September 4, 2007 Guerillas have invaded Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic…
Photo: newborn mountain gorilla born in Congo
Photo: newborn mountain gorilla born in Congo Photo: newborn mountain gorilla born in Congo mongabay.com August 23, 2007 Conservationists announced the birth of a critically endangered mountain gorilla in the…
U.N. sends team to investigate gorilla killings
U.N. sends team to investigate gorilla killings U.N. sends team to investigate gorilla killings mongabay.com August 10, 2007 The U.N. said it will send a team of experts to probe…
New species discovered in “lost” African forest
Photos of new species discovered in "lost" African forest New species discovered in "lost" African forest mongabay.com August 7, 2007 Scientists have discovered several unknown species during an expedition to…
Rare gorillas slaughtered in mass killing
Rare gorillas slaughtered in mass killing Rare gorillas slaughtered in mass killing mongabay.com July 24, 2007 At least four critically endangered gorillas have been killed in Democratic Republic of Congo's…
NASA images show expansion of logging in Congo rainforest
NASA images show expansion of logging in Congo rainforest NASA images show expansion of logging in Congo rainforest mongabay.com July 15, 2007 New high resolution images of logging roads in…
World Bank to raise $250M for avoided deforestation in tropics
World Bank to raise $250M for avoided deforestation in tropics World Bank to raise $250M for avoided deforestation in tropics mongabay.com June 11, 2007 The World Bank will soon launch…
Chinese demand drives global deforestation
Chinese demand drives global deforestation Chinese demand drives global deforestation By Tansa Musa Reuters June 10, 2007 NGAMBE-TIKAR, Cameroon (Reuters) - From outside, Cameroon's Ngambe-Tikar forest looks like a compact,…
Logging roads rapidly expanding in Congo rainforest
Logging roads rapidly expanding in Congo rainforest Logging roads rapidly expanding in Congo rainforest mongabay.com June 7, 2007 Logging roads are rapidly expanding in the Congo rainforest, report researchers who…
Congo guerillas threaten to kill rare gorillas
Congo guerillas threaten to kill rare gorillas Congo guerillas threaten to kill rare gorillas mongabay.com May 21, 2007 Fresh off killing a park ranger, a group of Congo guerillas said…
New railway will facilitate logging in Congo
New railway will facilitate logging in Congo New railway will facilitate logging in Congo Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com April 25, 2007 A new 800-km railway backed by a South Korean…
Illegal logging threatens Congo’s forests, global climate
Despite government and World Bank assurances to the contrary. a new report from Greenpeace finds that illegal logging is rampant in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The report, Carving…
Congo cancels logging contracts
Congo cancels logging contracts, calls for sustainable forest management Congo cancels logging contracts, calls for sustainable forest management Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com April 9, 2007 The new government of the…
Important Congo basin parks get funding
Important Congo basin parks get funding Important Congo basin parks get funding Wildlife Conservation Society March 28, 2007 A network of national parks and protected areas spanning three nations in…
Congo rainforest was dry savanna 25,000 years ago
Congo rainforest was dry savanna 25,000 years ago Congo rainforest was dry savanna 25,000 years ago mongabay.com March 25, 2007 Scientists from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research and University…
Britain invests $100M to protect Congo rainforest
Britain invests $100M to protect Congo rainforest Britain invests $100M to protect Congo rainforest Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com March 23, 2007 Britain will invest nearly $100 million (£50m) in a…
New monkey species in Uganda
New monkey species in Uganda New monkey species in Uganda mongabay.com February 19, 2007 Uganda may soon have a new species of monkey according to a report published in Kampala's…
Congo guerrillas agree to protect rare gorillas
Congo guerrillas agree to protect rare gorillas Congo guerrillas agree to protect rare gorillas mongabay.com January 24, 2007 Rebels in eastern Congo have agreed to stop hunting mountain gorillas according…
Ebola kills thousands of gorillas in African park
Ebola outbreaks kill 25% of world's gorillas Ebola outbreaks kill 25% of world's gorillas Disease hits African parks, $35M could save apes from hemorrhagic fever mongabay.com December 7, 2006 The…
Emissions proposal could generate $200m/year for DR Congo
Emissions proposal could generate $200m/year for DR Congo Emissions proposal could generate $200m/year for DR Congo mongabay.com November 5, 2006 The Democratic Republic of Congo could earn hundreds of millions…
War-torn Congo Announces Two New Parks
War-torn Congo Announces Two New Parks War-torn Congo Announces Two New Parks WCS September 18, 2006 The Minister of Forestry Economy of the Republic of Congo announced today plans to…
When elephants attack. Surviving an elephant charge in the Congo rainforest of Gabon
When elephants attack. Surviving an elephant charge in the Congo rainforest of Gabon When elephants attack. Surviving an elephant charge in the Congo rainforest of Gabon Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com…
Mammals in war-torn Virunga National Park recovering finds WCS survey
Mammals in war-torn Virunga National Park recovering finds WCS survey Mammals in war-torn Virunga National Park recovering finds WCS survey Wildlife Conservation Society June 20, 2006 A recent wildlife census…
Roads tied to bushmeat hunting in Africa
Roads tied to bushmeat hunting in Africa Roads tied to bushmeat hunting in Africa Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com May 9, 2006 A new study ties the presence of roads to…
Congo Pygmies Losing Fight for Their Forests
Congo Bonobo chimp population falls 95% since 1984 Congo Bonobo chimp population falls 95% since 1984 Anjan Sundaram The Associated Press December 25, 2005 MBIHE-MOKELE, Congo — Scientists are struggling…
Congo’s forests get some relief from World Bank grant
Congo's forests get some relief from new World Bank grant Congo's forests get some relief from World Bank grant Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 15, 2005 Last week the Democratic…
Congo rainforest – 600,000 sq km slated for logging
Congo rainforest - 600,000 sq km slated for logging Congo rainforest - 600,000 sq km slated for logging Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 5, 2005 Environmentalists ask World Bank to…
Nigeria has worst deforestation rate, FAO revises figures
Nigeria has worst deforestation rate, FAO revises figures Nigeria has worst deforestation rate, FAO revises figures Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com November 17, 2005 [update] Nigeria has the world's highest deforestation…
World deforestation rates and forest cover statistics, 2000-2005
New deforestation figures show Nigeria has worst rate of forest loss [2010 update] Nigeria has the world's highest deforestation rate, Brazil loses the largest area of forest annually, and Congo…
Hunting ban threatens Congo forest dwellers
Hunting ban threatens Congo forest dwellers Hunting ban threatens Congo forest dwellers IRIN October 31, 2005 A blanket animal hunting ban has made life even more difficult for the Baka…
Congo’s Kabila calls for rainforest protection
Congo's Kabila calls for rainforest protection Congo's Kabila calls for rainforest protection by David Lewis, Reuters October 30, 2005 KINSHASA, Oct 28 (Reuters) - The world's second largest rainforest stands…
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Oceans
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Amazon Conservation
- ‘World’s largest’ carbon credit deal in the Amazon faces bumpy road ahead
- New conservation model calls for protecting Amazon for its archaeological riches
- Brazil dredges Amazon rivers to ease drought isolation, raising environmental concerns
- ‘We need white men on our side to save the Amazon from destruction,’ 92-year-old Indigenous Chief Raoni says
Land rights and extractives
- Indigenous Bajo suffer child deaths & toxic sludge amid green energy push
- ‘Colombia’s Amazon peoples provide solutions’: Interview with José Homero Mutumbajoy
- Should mining companies consider no-go zones where isolated Indigenous peoples live? (Commentary)
- Brazil sets a date to remove illegal miners from Munduruku land, more details await
Endangered Environmentalists
- Environmental & rights activists flee and hide as M23 captures DRC’s cities
- Environmental journalist in Cambodia shot and killed by suspected logger
- Vietnam sentences yet another energy expert over renewables research
- Mother Nature Cambodia activists sentenced to prison — again
Indonesia's Forest Guardians
- On a Borneo mountainside, Indigenous Dayak women hold fire and defend forest
- Fenced in by Sulawesi national park, Indigenous women make forestry breakout
- In Borneo, the ‘Power of Mama’ fight Indonesia’s wildfires with all-woman crew
- Pioneer agroforester Ermi, 73, rolls back the years in Indonesia’s Gorontalo
Conservation Effectiveness
- How effective is the EU’s marquee policy to reduce the illegal timber trade?
- How sharing and learning from failures can transform conservation (commentary)
- Is planting trees as good for the Earth as everyone says?
- Failure in conservation projects: Everyone experiences it, few record it
Southeast Asian infrastructure
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- Study: Indonesia’s new capital city threatens stable proboscis monkey population
- Indonesia’s new capital ‘won’t sacrifice the environment’: Q&A with Nusantara’s Myrna Asnawati Safitri
- Small farmers in limbo as Cambodia wavers on Tonle Sap conservation rules
