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Congo Kinshasa
Congo halts oil exploration in Virunga Park

afrol News, 17 March - The government of Congo Kinshasa (DRC) has suspended the highly controversial oil exploration programme in the unique Virunga National Park, a World Heritage Site.
Congo Kinshasa
Large-scale logging underway in DR Congo

afrol News, 9 March - New decisions by the Congo Kinshasa government, lifting a 9-year moratorium, mean that up to 25 million hectares of rainforest could be sacrificed for industrial exploitation.
Gabon
Gabon officials seize chimpanzee body parts

afrol News, 19 January - Wildlife officers in Gabon have arrested five men accused of possessing illegal animal products, including those of endangered species. As there are traditions of bushmeat consumption in Gabon, the arrests signal a stricter law enforcement.
Madagascar
Madagascar illegal logging continues

afrol News, 17 January - Since Madagascar's 2009 coup, illegal logging of precious rosewood in the island's protected forests has exploded. A promise by coup President Andry Rajoelina to act to stop this logging has not been held, environmentalists say.
Central African Republic
Central African Rep clamps down on poachers

afrol News, 10 December - An operation by special police forces earlier this week in the Central African Republic led to the arrest of a key wildlife smuggler and seizure of elephant tusks and cat skins.
Mauritania
Mauritania protects unique flamingo colony

afrol News, 16 November - Mauritanian authorities have initiated a fauna protection programme in its Diawling National Park in the mouth of River Senegal to protect a major colony of "dwarf flamingos" that could develop into a tourist attraction.
Nigeria
"Conserving Nigeria's forests pays off"

afrol News, 11 November - Preserving Nigeria's surviving tropical forests and planting new trees to replace those lost to deforestation "offers great benefits," according to researchers, both to the climate and to agriculture.
Cameroon
Cameroon timber exports to get license

afrol News, 5 October - By 2012, all shipments of wood products from Cameroon to the EU will be required to carry a license showing that they contain timber and wood products from a legal origin, excluding illegal logging, it was announced today.
Madagascar
Tortoise poaching boosted by Malagasy chaos

afrol News, 30 September - With the political chaos in Madagascar, reports of environmental crimes are also booming. In addition to increased deforestation, also Madagascar's four endemic tortoise species are being decimated.
Kenya | Tanzania
East African national parks see mammals' decline

afrol News, 15 July - One of East Africa's main tourist attractions, the density of large mammals in its famed national parks, is rapidly declining, a new study shows. The "Big Five" are especially threatened.
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» 09.06.2010 - Madagascar political chaos causing forest extinction
» 04.06.2010 - Congo gorilla babies prepared for new airlift
» 12.05.2010 - Biodiversity in Africa's protected areas declining fast
» 26.03.2010 - CAR govt hits back at poachers
» 25.03.2010 - Strengthen measures to protect forests, FAO
» 24.03.2010 - Central African gorillas towards extinction
» 22.03.2010 - Tanzania, Zambia ivory sales request fails
» 17.03.2010 - Central African ivory main problem
» 12.03.2010 - Tanzania, Zambia "too corrupt to trade ivory"
» 12.03.2010 - Illegal logging "funding Madagascar coup govt"
» 05.03.2010 - Indian Ocean fisheries deal disappoints East Africa
» 04.03.2010 - Ethiopian project sets world climate change example
» 04.03.2010 - Africa’s green energy under-exploited
» 18.02.2010 - Rwanda hosts 2010 global environment day
» 16.02.2010 - Devise local strategies to fight climate change
» 15.02.2010 - Ethiopia and UK leaders to head climate change team
» 11.02.2010 - Kenya ferries park herbivores to feed starving lions
» 09.02.2010 - Herders receive support to improve pastoral resources
» 08.02.2010 - $700 million secured for Climate Action
» 08.02.2010 - Nigeria approves hydro power plant
» 04.02.2010 - Tarring scenic Lesotho-SA mountain pass causes protest
» 02.02.2010 - "Green Fund" for climate change financing
» 02.02.2010 - BirdLife cares for wetlands
» 19.01.2010 - Online consultations to help poor nations’ energy strategy
» 14.01.2010 - Ethiopia launches hydro-power plant
» 14.01.2010 - Rising electricity demand boosts the African wind turbine market, study
» 14.01.2010 - Grasslands alternative to fighting climate change
» 11.01.2010 - Sierra Leone government bans logging
» 08.01.2010 - World celebrities climb Kilimanjaro to raise funds
» 04.01.2010 - Rhino poachers arrested in Kenya
» 22.12.2009 - Kenya to counter Tanzania's Ivory sales proposal
» 21.12.2009 - Environmentalists fight developments in Tana River
» 17.12.2009 - Seychelles appeals for small islands' right to exist
» 16.12.2009 - Climate change deal must address hunger, UN expert
» 16.12.2009 - DRC conservation initiative receives international recognition
» 15.12.2009 - Clean energy fund for poor countries launched in Copenhagen
» 15.12.2009 - Experts reach conclusion to limit trade on aquatic animals under CITES
» 14.12.2009 - Africa needs stronger regional cooperation, Janneh
» 10.12.2009 - UN emergency response fund gets record support
» 01.12.2009 - INTERPOL-Africa operation seize illegal Ivory
» 30.11.2009 - African climate policy centre receives $8.5 million from Sweden
» 27.11.2009 - $39 million injected to improve Ethiopia’s pastoralists lives
» 25.11.2009 - UN makes $6 million for Madagascar’s cyclone forecasts
» 24.11.2009 - A quarter of world population live without electricity
» 24.11.2009 - Kenya to end power shortages
» 23.11.2009 - Africa lost 15 percent of GPD to climate change says report
» 20.11.2009 - Ghana-EU sign first voluntary agreement on legal timber exports
» 19.11.2009 - Preserve water sources - report
» 30.10.2009 - Rescue operation for Zimbabwe's abused elephants announced
» 26.10.2009 - Report outlines ways to help developing nations transition to ‘green’ economy
» 26.10.2009 - Natron community vows to protect the lake
» 23.10.2009 - Africa told to enhance actions to reduce disaster risk
» 23.10.2009 - ITU approves new universal mobile phone charger
» 20.10.2009 - DRC and Morocco elected to new forest financing programme
» 19.10.2009 - Africa's climate change negotiators meet in Ethiopia
» 19.10.2009 - African countries conclude gender and climate change training
» 16.10.2009 - SA teams up with neighbours for a clean environment
» 16.10.2009 - Shrinking of Lake Chad could spell regional catastrophe
» 15.10.2009 - Kibaki appeals for unity ahead of global summit
» 13.10.2009 - Conservation expert calls for protection of Africa's forest gardeners
» 12.10.2009 - Lake Nakuru becomes Africa's first IBA-branded National Park
» 08.10.2009 - Environmentalists condemn Mozambique's planned damming of Zambezi
» 08.10.2009 - Uganda set new sights to reach safe water targets
» 07.10.2009 - Uganda commits to reforestation
» 07.10.2009 - USAID awards $387,000 for indigenous health in Ethiopia
» 06.10.2009 - Indian Ocean nations to test tsunami warning system
» 02.10.2009 - West African biodiversity corridor high on Abidjan meeting
» 01.10.2009 - Brazzaville calls on US to support preservation of the Congo Basin
» 30.09.2009 - Climate change could induce more food dependency on Africa, FAO paper
» 29.09.2009 - Zimbabwean communities educated about owls
» 25.09.2009 - Leaders call for UN support on Africa's development
» 23.09.2009 - Malagasy NGOs unite against plunder of natural resources
» 22.09.2009 - Local group makes mark at Egypt's Lake Qarun
» 22.09.2009 - Ban calls for global collective action on climate change
» 21.09.2009 - Four African states part of the Bern Convention's 30 years
» 18.09.2009 - SA’s first electric car on display
» 16.09.2009 - North America hailed for plan to regulate greenhouse
» 11.09.2009 - Kenya preparing for impact of possible torrential rains
» 09.09.2009 - Kenya launches appeal to save Mau forest
» 08.09.2009 - Norway announces euro 350 support for developing countries
» 08.09.2009 - More people affected by West African floods
» 04.09.2009 - International call to learn to love vultures - or lose them
» 01.09.2009 - Africa hosts special session on climate change concerns
» 01.09.2009 - African states make rankings for low sulfur diesel limits
» 26.08.2009 - Lake Natron faces renewed threat from soda-ash mining
» 26.08.2009 - Bringing technology and agronomic knowledge to African farmers
» 24.08.2009 - African journalists join the climate change campaign
» 24.08.2009 - African ministers building one voice towards climate change summit

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