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Congo Kinshasa | Rwanda
Science - Education | Environment - Nature
Mountain gorilla population recovering

afrol News, 8 December - A new mountain gorilla census in Rwanda and Congo Kinshasa (DRC) shows a 26 percent increase in population of this endangered species during seven years. Mountain gorillas are among the region's main tourist attractions.

Nigeria
Environment - Nature | Science - Education
"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.

Malawi | Zambia
Agriculture - Nutrition | Science - Education
"Fertilizer tree" triples Malawi, Zambia yields

afrol News, 5 November - Scientists have managed to triple maize yields on smallholder farms in Zambia and Malawi by simple "evergreen agriculture" techniques. Planting acacia trees among the crops automatically fertilised the fields.

Cameroon
Environment - Nature | Science - Education
Cameroon "new gorillas" need protection

afrol News, 2 November - A Cameroonian environmentalist group is lobbying for the establishment of a new national park at Cross River on the Nigerian border to protect a little known sub-species of gorillas only living there.

Comoros | Réunion and Mayotte
Science - Education | Environment - Nature
Coral deaths reach Mayotte, Comoros

afrol News, 19 October - Scientists find that the corals on the Comoran island Mayotte are rapidly bleaching, which leads to a death of the reef. The situation on Mayotte was "the worst seen in the Indian Ocean," they report.

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