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Armed conflict, not Batwa people, at heart of Grauer’s gorillas’ past decline in DRC park 16 Dec 2024 18:09:52 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/armed-conflict-not-batwa-people-biggest-factor-in-decline-of-grauers-gorillas-in-drc-park/ | ||
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Progress on rights complaint systems in Congo Basin but more needed, says group 05 Dec 2024 16:03:46 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/progress-on-rights-complaint-systems-in-congo-basin-but-more-needed-says-group/ | ||
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Illegal gold mining drives deforestation in DRC reserve home to ‘African unicorn’ 26 Nov 2024 00:29:46 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/illegal-gold-mining-drives-deforestation-in-drc-reserve-home-to-african-unicorn/ | ||
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‘Historic’ decision for the Batwa & DRC gorilla park faces hurdles — and hope 19 Nov 2024 09:00:37 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/historic-drc-decision-on-batwa-park-evictions-faces-implementation-hurdles/ | ||
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DRC carbon credit projects surge amid lack of regulation 18 Nov 2024 13:04:45 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/drc-carbon-credit-projects-surge-amid-lack-of-regulation/ | ||
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Cobalt mining for green energy risks women’s reproductive health in DRC 18 Nov 2024 02:00:38 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/cobalt-mining-for-green-energy-risks-womens-reproductive-health-in-drc/ | ||
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Study finds bonobos more diverse, and more vulnerable, than previously thought 04 Nov 2024 21:16:19 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/study-finds-bonobos-more-diverse-and-more-vulnerable-than-previously-thought/ | ||
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For DRC’s artisanal miners, promise of formalization has yielded little 29 Oct 2024 14:20:47 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/10/for-drcs-artisanal-miners-promise-of-formalization-has-yielded-little/ | ||
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DR Congo: environmental activist faces 5 years in prison 28 Oct 2024 20:38:00 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/10/dr-congo-environmental-activist-faces-5-years-in-prison/ | ||
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WWF report offers glimmer of conservation hope — yet warns of a planet in peril 10 Oct 2024 16:33:29 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/10/wwf-report-offers-glimmer-of-conservation-hope-yet-warns-of-a-planet-in-peril/ | ||
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‘Dream birds’ in the mist: First photo of ‘lost’ bird in DRC mountains 23 Sep 2024 12:10:20 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/dream-birds-in-the-mist-first-photo-of-lost-bird-in-drc-mountains/ | ||
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We know how many okapi live in zoos. In the wild? It’s complicated 18 Sep 2024 15:08:50 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/we-know-how-many-okapi-live-in-zoos-in-the-wild-its-complicated/ | ||
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Ahead of COP16, groups warn of rights abuses linked to ‘30×30’ goal 18 Sep 2024 14:19:34 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/ahead-of-cop16-groups-warn-of-rights-abuses-linked-to-30x30-goal/ | ||
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US govt watchdog: Human rights still at risk in overseas conservation aid 17 Sep 2024 08:11:30 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/us-govt-watchdog-human-rights-still-at-risk-in-overseas-conservation-aid/ | ||
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The Itombwe owl: Two birds and an identity crisis 10 Sep 2024 06:17:33 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/the-itombwe-owl-two-birds-and-an-identity-crisis/ | ||
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Meet the Miombo, the largest forest you’ve never heard of 03 Sep 2024 16:20:07 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/meet-the-miombo-the-largest-forest-youve-never-heard-of/ | ||
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In the DRC, a government commission is taking funds owed to people relocated by mines 20 Aug 2024 15:37:05 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/08/in-the-drc-a-government-commission-is-taking-funds-owed-to-people-relocated-by-mines/ | ||
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DRC communities turn up heat on EU lenders funding palm oil giant PHC 12 Aug 2024 22:09:55 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/08/drc-communities-turn-up-heat-on-eu-lenders-funding-palm-oil-giant-phc/ | ||
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Study highlights environmental and economic benefits of agroforestry for DRC coffee crops 09 Aug 2024 16:19:19 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/08/study-highlights-environmental-and-economic-benefits-of-agroforestry-for-drc-coffee-crops/ | ||
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Disputed Manono lithium mining project in DRC sparks concern 08 Aug 2024 13:27:28 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/08/disputed-manono-lithium-mining-project-in-drc-sparks-concern/ | ||
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Herders caught between conflict and climate change in the northern Congo Basin 02 Aug 2024 11:10:45 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/08/herders-caught-between-conflict-and-climate-change-in-the-northern-congo-basin/ | ||
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DRC’s golden-bellied mangabeys: A little-known but much-threatened monkey 25 Jul 2024 19:18:53 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/07/drcs-golden-bellied-mangabeys-a-little-known-but-much-threatened-monkey/ | ||
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DRC conflict hinders search for Itombwe nightjar, but ‘lost’ bird may yet be found 25 Jul 2024 16:57:47 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/07/drc-conflict-hinders-search-for-itombwe-nightjar-but-lost-bird-may-yet-be-found/ | ||
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Africa’s great ape sanctuaries are feeling the heat from climate change 05 Jul 2024 22:07:30 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/07/africas-great-ape-sanctuaries-are-feeling-the-heat-from-climate-change/ | ||
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Study: A third of Africa’s great apes at risk from mining of transition metals 28 Jun 2024 19:38:39 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/06/study-a-third-of-africas-great-apes-at-risk-from-mining-of-transition-metals/ | ||
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Camera-trap study brings the lesula, Congo’s cryptic monkey, into focus 27 Jun 2024 16:06:57 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/06/camera-trap-study-brings-the-lesula-congos-cryptic-monkey-into-focus/ | ||
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Green credentials of electric vehicles come under fire 23 May 2024 14:44:38 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/05/green-credentials-of-electric-vehicles-come-under-fire/ | ||
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Impunity and pollution abound in DRC mining along the road to the energy transition 14 May 2024 14:04:59 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/05/impunity-and-pollution-abound-in-drc-mining-along-the-road-to-energy-transition/ | ||
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DRC’s 1 billion trees program makes progress, but hurdles remain 26 Apr 2024 10:10:26 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/04/drcs-1-billion-trees-program-makes-progress-but-hurdles-remain/ | ||
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Bonobos, the ‘hippy apes’, may not be as peaceful as once thought 12 Apr 2024 15:39:16 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/04/bonobos-the-hippy-apes-may-not-be-as-peaceful-as-once-thought/ | ||
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Tropical forest loss puts 2030 zero-deforestation target further out of reach 04 Apr 2024 12:26:01 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/04/tropical-forest-loss-puts-2030-zero-deforestation-target-further-out-of-reach/ | ||
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Global cobalt rush drives toxic toll near DRC mines 27 Mar 2024 11:05:43 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/global-cobalt-rush-drives-toxic-toll-near-drc-mines/ | ||
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Under the shadow of war in the DRC, a mining company acts with impunity 25 Mar 2024 07:00:21 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/under-the-shadow-of-war-in-the-drc-a-mining-companys-actions-face-impunity/ | ||
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Togo monkey seizure turns spotlight on illicit wildlife trafficking from DR Congo 08 Jan 2024 10:53:23 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/togo-monkey-seizure-turns-spotlight-on-illicit-wildlife-trafficking-from-dr-congo/ | ||
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2024 outlook for rainforests 03 Jan 2024 05:16:36 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/outlook-for-rainforests-2024/ | ||
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Report: Rush for ‘clean energy’ minerals in Africa risks repeating harmful extractivist model 29 Dec 2023 03:19:54 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/12/report-rush-for-clean-energy-minerals-in-africa-risks-repeating-harmful-extractivist-model/ | ||
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Mongabay’s top 10 podcast episodes of 2023 26 Dec 2023 11:43:45 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/12/mongabays-top-10-podcast-episodes-of-2023/ | ||
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COP28 cements goal to halt forest loss in 7 years, but where’s the money? 15 Dec 2023 16:48:57 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/12/cop28-cements-goal-to-halt-forest-loss-in-7-years-but-wheres-the-money/ | ||
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In DRC, Virunga deforestation escalates as fighting sends refugees into park 29 Nov 2023 12:28:52 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/in-drc-virunga-deforestation-escalates-as-fighting-sends-refugees-into-park/ | ||
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‘We won’t give up’: DRC’s Front Line Defenders award winner Olivier Ndoole Bahemuke 17 Nov 2023 20:41:23 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/we-wont-give-up-drcs-front-line-defenders-award-winner-olivier-ndoole-bahemuke/ | ||
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Are flame retardants about to burn a hole in biodiversity? (commentary) 13 Nov 2023 21:28:28 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/are-flame-retardants-about-to-burn-a-hole-in-biodiversity-commentary/ | ||
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Oil firm Perenco eyes new blocks in DRC amid criticism of its track record 24 Oct 2023 09:27:24 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/oil-firm-perenco-eyes-new-blocks-in-drc-amid-criticism-of-its-track-record/ | ||
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Mine in ‘world cobalt capital’ displaces locals and monks under questionable circumstances 23 Oct 2023 16:42:17 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/mine-in-world-cobalt-capital-displaces-locals-and-monks-under-questionable-circumstances/ | ||
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‘It’s a real mess’: Mining and deforestation threaten unparalleled DRC wildlife haven 13 Oct 2023 01:41:12 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/its-a-real-mess-mining-and-deforestation-threaten-unparalleled-drc-wildlife-haven/ | ||
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DRC food sovereignty summit yields support for agroecology, local land rights 07 Sep 2023 19:25:00 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/drc-food-sovereignty-summit-yields-support-for-agroecology-local-land-rights/ | ||
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New data show 10% increase in primary tropical forest loss in 2022 27 Jun 2023 08:35:05 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/new-data-show-10-increase-in-primary-tropical-forest-loss-in-2022/ | ||
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Militarized conservation: Insecurity for some, security for others? (commentary) 06 Jun 2023 14:00:21 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/militarized-conservation-insecurity-for-some-security-for-others-commentary/ | ||
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Survival and economics complicate the DRC’s bushmeat and wild animal trade 30 May 2023 16:20:32 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/05/survival-and-economics-complicate-the-drcs-bushmeat-and-wild-animal-trade/ | ||
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NGOs urge continued sanctions against DRC mining giant Dan Gertler 23 May 2023 13:31:35 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/05/ngos-urge-continued-sanctions-against-drc-mining-giant-dan-gertler/ | ||
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Ground-nesting chimps hold lessons for conservation — and for human evolution 27 Apr 2023 14:42:52 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/04/ground-nesting-chimps-hold-lessons-for-conservation-and-for-human-evolution/ | ||
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Camera trap images of rare gorillas with infants bring hope in DRC 21 Apr 2023 16:52:20 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/04/camera-trap-photos-of-rare-gorillas-with-infants-bring-hope-in-the-drc/ | ||
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Will clean-energy minerals provoke a shift in how mining is done in Africa? 30 Mar 2023 08:43:40 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/03/will-clean-energy-minerals-provoke-a-shift-in-how-mining-is-done-in-africa/ | ||
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DRC’s endangered bonobos face another threat to their survival: malaria 22 Mar 2023 08:19:32 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/03/drcs-endangered-bonobos-face-another-threat-to-their-survival-malaria/ | ||
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Element Africa: Claims of mining encroachment in DRC and broken promises in SA 08 Mar 2023 20:44:42 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/03/element-africa-claims-of-mining-encroachment-in-drc-and-broken-promises-in-sa/ | ||
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Do elections spur deforestation? It’s complicated, new study finds 03 Mar 2023 17:18:52 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/03/do-elections-spur-deforestation-its-complicated-new-study-finds/ | ||
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Forests & finance: A lawsuit, an import ban, and restoring Zambian forests 23 Feb 2023 12:40:01 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/forests-finance-a-lawsuit-an-import-ban-and-restoring-zambian-forests/ | ||
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Element Africa: The platinum ‘bully’ and the secret oil deal 21 Feb 2023 12:24:59 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/element-africa-the-platinum-bully-and-the-secret-oil-deal/ | ||
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Element Africa: Deadly violence and massive graft at Tanzania and DRC mines 31 Dec 2022 05:01:03 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/element-africa-deadly-violence-and-massive-graft-at-tanzania-and-drc-mines/ | ||
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Mongabay’s most impactful investigations of 2022 30 Dec 2022 12:24:33 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/mongabays-most-impactful-investigations-of-2022/ | ||
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What happened in the world’s rainforests in 2022? 29 Dec 2022 22:07:15 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/what-happened-in-the-worlds-rainforests-in-2022/ | ||
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