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....
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Queen of Elephant Ivory Trafficking Arrested in Tanzania
A Chinese national dubbed the “Queen of Ivory” has been arrested in Tanzania. Yang Feng Glan, 66, was arrested... -
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... -
Are conservation projects improving outcomes or Failing?
Despite their good intentions, conservation projects do not always have the desired outcomes for both the environment and local... -
UN study warns agricultural subsidies are threatening forests and…
Lurking in the law books and policy annals of many countries around the world, subsidies aimed at helping farmers... -
What is the State of Central African Parks?
The Observatory of Central African Forests (OFAC) has published the first state of protected areas in the whole of... -
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... -
DRC Green Group Among 2015 Winners of Equator Prize
Democratic Republic of Congo-based group, La Dynamique des Groupes des Peuples Autochtones, a network of 43 indigenous organizations, which... -
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... -
« Forest More Than Trees, » World Forestry Congress 2015
The world’s forests must be recognized as « more than trees », the XIV World Forestry Congress meeting in Durban, South... -
Exploitation industrielle de l’huile de palme dans le Bassin…
Les investissements à grande échelle dans l’exploitation de l’huile de palme dans le Bassin du Congo a pris une... -
What’s in the DRC Climate Action Plan?
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has submitted its new climate action plan to the UN Framework Convention on... -
New Capital City in the Middle of the Rainforest
More than 8,000 hectares of rainforest are under threat as the nation builds a new $600 million capital city... -
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...