New Publication Proposes Innovative Ways to Finance Forests
More than USD 300 billion are needed per year to restore the world’s degraded land in order to achieve...
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INTERPOL Links Environmental Crimes to Other Serious Crimes
The world’s largest police organization, INTERPOL has published a report examining the nature of “crime convergence” within the context... -
Why Dependence On Natural Resources Is Bad For DR…
Many African countries have in recent years shown phenomenal economic growth. But recent developments on global markets – including... -
La richesse de la biodiversité dans le Bassin du…
Si l’ensemble de sa richesse en termes de biodiversité y était mesuré, les forêts du Bassin du Congo seraient... -
Lion populations declining rapidly in Africa, New Study
At a regional scale, lion populations in West, Central, and East Africa are likely to suffer a projected 50%... -
Another 22 elephants poisoned with cyanide in Zimbabwe reserve
Zimbabwean rangers have found the bodies of 22 more elephants that were poisoned with cyanide in the country’s Hwange... -
22 éléphants empoisonnés
22 éléphants empoisonnés au cyanure ont été retrouvés morts dimanche au parc national de Hwange, au nord-ouest du Zimbabwe.... -
Parc des Virunga : Controverse autour de l’exploitation du…
Faut-il exploiter ou non le pétrole dans le parc des Virunga, un site pourtant inscrit au patrimoine mondial de... -
China Arrest 16 Suspects for Major wildlife trafficking
Beijing Forest Police today announced the arrest of 16 suspects in a major wildlife trafficking case code-named “May 21”,... -
Ivory trafficking on Nigeria-Cameroon border targeted
Methods to counter ivory trafficking were under the spotlight during training events held by TRAFFIC for enforcement officers working... -
RDC: La protection l’aire protégée de Bili-Uélé en marche
Le complexe d’aires protégées de Bili-Uélé est le plus grand complexe d’aires protégées dans le nord de la République... -
Protecting the Bili-Uele Protected Area in DRC
The Bili-Uele Protected Area Complex is the largest complex of protected areas in northern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).... -
Major Trafficker of African Parrots Arrested
On the 18th September, after months of painstaking investigations, a major trafficker of African wild parrots and other birds... -
RDC: quatre fonctionnaires tués en luttant contre le braconnage…
Quatre fonctionnaires congolais affectés à la surveillance du parc de la Garamba ont été tués par des braconniers dans... -
DRC: 4 Men Killed by Poachers in Garamba Park
Four men gave their lives on Monday, October 5, 2015 in an effort to stop more elephants from dying.... -
Quand Sauver une Tortue est Rentable
“Relâcher en mer une tortue et recevoir en retour de l’argent pour réparer son filet pour un pêcheur, ce,... -
New Census of the Virunga Massif Mountain Gorilla Population…
National park authorities in Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) today began a new population census... -
Air transport urged to join fight against illegal wildlife…
Airports worldwide have been called upon to have prominent CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild... -
Biodiversité au Cameroun: des citoyens prennent le relais de…
Au Cameroun, l’État ne parvient pas à assurer le respect de la biodiversité. “Absence de stratégies”, “Faible capacité des... -
EU and logging companies complicit in funding war in…
Europe’s timber imports from the Central African Republic (CAR) have helped fuel and prolong nearly three years of violence... -
Will community management help save the black rhino from…
An unprecedented action took place earlier this year at Lewa Wildlife Conservancy based in northern Kenya: the translocation of... -
Les Parcs du bassin du Congo détruisent les moyens…
Les données préliminaires d’une étude en cours dirigée par Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK) indiquent que les aires protégées du... -
Congo Basin Parks on the Precipice?
Preliminary evidence from an ongoing study by Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK) suggest Congo Basin protected areas may not be... -
Saving Elephants from a Devastating Wave of Poaching
This is an ESRI interactive article and map illustrating the dramatic decline of elephant populations in Africa. The story... -
Extraordinary Ministers’ Conference in Yaounde seeks to strengthen and…
The Ministers of the Organization for the Conservation of Wildlife in Africa (OCFSA) held an extraordinary session on the... -
Gabon: 10billion CFAF EU grant for national parks management
“The European Union (EU) has awarded Gabon 10 billion CFAF in funding to bolster the management of its 13... -
Fighting ivory smuggling through capacity building in Central Africa
“Limbe, Cameroon, April 2015—Wildlife law enforcement officers and other agencies involved in law enforcement including police, Customs, gendarmerie and... -
Vital poaching evidence goes up in smoke
Mozambique yesterday destroyed 2434.6 kg of elephant ivory and 86 pieces of rhino horn weighing a total of 193.5... -
Why Chimps Are Disappearing and How to Save Them
Author and conservationist Nancy Merrick first fell under the spell of chimpanzees in the 1970s, when she worked at... -
Large mammal migration within TRIDOM landscape: Memorandum of agreement…
“May 13 to 14, 2015: The conference room of the Serena Hotel in Bali, Douala provided the setting for... -
Commercial bushmeat hunters put previously undetected pressure on Central…
While conducting a bird survey in the Ebo Forest Reserve of Cameroon, Scottish ornithologist Robin Whytock noted two uncommon... -
Congo-Brazzaville president burns five tonnes of ivory in fight…
From the CBFP newsletter quoting the Guardian: ” The Guardian Thursday 30th April, 2015: Denis Sassou Nguesso sets pile of... -
African Wildlife Foundation: 15th CBFP meeting, should the bushmeat…
From 17 to 19 June 2015, the Yaounde Conference Center (Cameroon) provided the setting for the 15th Meeting of... -
Expedition in the Congo rediscovers lost primate
The last time there was a sighting of Bouvier’s red colobus disco was all the rage, the Internet was... -
Wildlife activists concerned over Uganda-Congo border oil
Activists on Thursday urged Uganda’s government to reverse a decision to open for oil drilling a wildlife park on... -
Deep in the jungle, hunting for the next Ebola…
More than 3,000 miles from the fading Ebola crisis in West Africa, a team of U.S.-funded researchers is hunting...