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After controversy, Plant-for-the-Planet focuses on the trees
13 Jun 2025 16:50:51 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/after-controversy-plant-for-the-planet-focuses-on-the-trees/
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How trafficking & misconceptions threaten Nigeria’s wildlife: Q&A with Dr. Mark Ofua
06 Jun 2025 17:17:26 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/how-trafficking-misconceptions-threaten-nigerias-wildlife-qa-with-dr-mark-ofua/
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Hundreds die after flash floods tear through Nigerian market town
05 Jun 2025 12:15:32 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/06/hundreds-die-after-flash-floods-tear-through-nigerian-market-town/
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Peril and persistence define the path of Africa’s conservationists
03 Jun 2025 21:13:35 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/peril-and-persistence-define-the-path-of-africas-conservationists/
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Guinea-Bissau’s grassroots efforts offer a blueprint for global mangrove restoration (commentary)
29 May 2025 16:02:19 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/05/guinea-bissaus-grassroots-efforts-offer-a-blueprint-for-global-mangrove-restoration-commentary/
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Urban forests in Niger’s schoolyards serve climate resilience and education
26 May 2025 13:46:55 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/05/urban-forests-in-nigers-schoolyards-serve-climate-resilience-and-education/
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Deforestation in REDD-protected Congo rainforests is ‘beyond words’
20 May 2025 19:33:54 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/podcast/2025/05/deforestation-in-redd-protected-congo-rainforests-is-beyond-words/
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In Côte d’Ivoire a changing climate hits farmers and markets alike
09 May 2025 08:32:02 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/05/in-cote-divoire-a-changing-climate-hits-farmers-and-markets-alike/
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Dredging and pollution threaten fishing in the Niger River
08 May 2025 15:03:52 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/05/dredging-and-pollution-threaten-fishing-in-the-niger-river/
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In Cameroon’s forgotten forests, gorillas and chimps hang on
07 May 2025 18:33:33 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/05/in-cameroons-forgotten-forests-gorillas-and-chimps-hang-on/
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Hybrid mapping method key to EUDR cocoa compliance, study finds
06 May 2025 19:32:29 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/05/hybrid-mapping-method-key-to-eudr-cocoa-compliance-study-finds/
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Warming seas and illegal trawlers threaten West Africa’s fishing future, study warns
06 May 2025 16:12:55 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/05/warming-seas-and-illegal-trawlers-threaten-west-africas-fishing-future-study-warns/
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Côte d’Ivoire cacao farmers struggle as climate havoc devastates crops
28 Apr 2025 11:36:04 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/cote-divoire-cacao-farmers-struggle-as-climate-havoc-devastates-crops/
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In West Africa, hooded vultures vanish as abattoirs modernize
24 Apr 2025 06:49:06 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/in-west-africa-hooded-vultures-vanish-as-abattoirs-modernize/
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Africa’s growing cities are endangering birdlife (commentary)
16 Apr 2025 18:32:39 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/africas-growing-cities-are-pushing-birdlife-to-the-brink-commentary/
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Nigerian authorities seize nearly 4 tons of pangolin scales, arrest five suspects
15 Apr 2025 11:34:02 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/04/nigerian-authorities-seize-nearly-4-tons-of-pangolin-scales-arrest-five-suspects/
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Nigerian officials arrest Chinese pangolin trafficking ‘kingpin’
07 Apr 2025 04:35:54 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/04/nigerian-officials-arrest-chinese-pangolin-trafficking-kingpin/
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An oil-rich West African island offers decades of insight into the wild meat trade
02 Apr 2025 15:14:53 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/an-oil-rich-west-african-island-offers-decades-of-insight-into-the-wild-meat-trade/
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Mongabay investigation finds gorilla trade more widespread than previously thought
01 Apr 2025 14:33:31 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/04/mongabay-investigation-finds-gorilla-trade-more-widespread-than-previously-thought/
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How a young beekeeper’s initiative brought hope and profit to Sierra Leone communities
31 Mar 2025 14:04:01 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/how-a-young-beekeepers-initiative-brought-hope-and-profit-to-sierra-leone-communities/
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USAID funding cuts jeopardize creation of Ghana’s first Marine Protected Area
13 Mar 2025 16:46:20 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/usaid-funding-cuts-jeopardize-creation-of-ghanas-first-marine-protected-area/
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Gas leak from BP platform off West Africa worries fishermen, environmentalists
13 Mar 2025 11:59:39 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/03/gas-leak-from-bp-platform-off-west-africa-worries-fishermen-environmentalists/
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When a chimp community lost its males, it also lost part of its love language
11 Mar 2025 23:16:54 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/when-a-chimp-community-lost-its-males-it-also-lost-part-of-its-love-language/
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Breast milk contamination exposes Africa’s ‘forever chemicals’ problem
10 Mar 2025 15:34:18 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/breast-milk-contamination-exposes-africas-forever-chemicals-problem/
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Women in Ghana plant ‘diversion’ trees to protect shea trees and their livelihoods
08 Mar 2025 07:00:54 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/women-in-ghana-plant-diversion-trees-to-protect-shea-trees-and-their-livelihoods/
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Liberia to start industrial shrimp fishing, worrying artisanal fishers
05 Mar 2025 21:40:43 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/liberia-to-start-industrial-shrimp-fishing-worrying-artisanal-fishers/
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Lake Chad isn’t shrinking — but climate change is causing other problems
28 Feb 2025 22:51:40 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/02/lake-chad-isnt-shrinking-but-climate-change-is-causing-other-problems/
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‘Some people will die’: Conversations with Nigeria’s gorilla hunters
27 Feb 2025 00:34:52 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/02/some-people-will-die-conversations-with-nigerias-gorilla-hunters/
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Guinea greenlights gold mine in habitat of critically endangered chimpanzees
26 Feb 2025 15:58:34 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/02/guinea-greenlights-gold-mine-in-habitat-of-critically-endangered-chimpanzees/
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Seeds of 19 African tree species added to Svalbard Global Seed Vault
25 Feb 2025 19:13:58 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/02/seeds-of-19-african-tree-species-added-to-svalbard-global-seed-vault/
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How ‘country palm’ could help pave the way toward a sustainable palm oil future in Liberia
18 Feb 2025 23:49:35 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/02/how-country-palm-could-help-pave-the-way-toward-a-sustainable-palm-oil-future-in-liberia/
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Chimps remember, for years, the location of ant nests that provide food
03 Feb 2025 21:40:07 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/02/chimps-remember-for-years-the-location-of-ant-nests-that-provide-food/
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No justice in sight for World Bank project-affected communities in Liberia
03 Feb 2025 12:30:18 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/02/no-justice-in-sight-for-world-bank-project-affected-communities-in-liberia/
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Nigerian president’s bid to resume oil drilling in Ogoniland a ‘betrayal,’ groups say
03 Feb 2025 10:49:05 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/02/nigerian-presidents-bid-to-resume-oil-drilling-in-ogoniland-a-betrayal-groups-say/
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Camera traps capture first glimpse of genetically distinct chimps in southwestern Nigeria
31 Jan 2025 11:39:05 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/01/camera-traps-capture-first-glimpse-of-genetically-distinct-chimps-in-southwestern-nigeria/
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Nigeria’s new coastal highway runs over communities & biodiversity hotspots
30 Jan 2025 05:31:43 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/01/nigerias-new-coastal-highway-runs-over-communities-biodiversity-hotspots/
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To conserve chimps, understand their genetic traits and local adaptations, says study
29 Jan 2025 16:10:29 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/01/to-conserve-chimps-understand-their-genetic-traits-and-local-adaptations-says-study/
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Five-month-old male gorilla, victim of illegal wildlife trade, seized in Istanbul
22 Jan 2025 18:57:25 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/01/five-month-old-male-gorilla-victim-of-illegal-wildlife-trade-seized-in-istanbul/
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New study assesses threat to wildlife from cacao expansion in Congo Basin
21 Jan 2025 16:43:54 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/01/new-study-assesses-threat-to-wildlife-from-cacao-expansion-in-congo-basin/
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Ogoni women restore mangroves and livelihoods in oil-rich Niger Delta
16 Jan 2025 15:50:40 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/01/ogoni-women-restore-mangroves-and-livelihoods-in-oil-rich-niger-delta/
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World’s record heat is worsening air pollution and health in Global South
13 Jan 2025 15:05:20 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/01/worlds-record-heat-is-worsening-air-pollution-and-health-in-global-south/
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‘Uncertainty’ amid EUDR delay poses challenges for cocoa companies, farmers
27 Dec 2024 15:58:44 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/uncertainty-amid-eudr-delay-poses-challenges-for-cocoa-companies-farmers/
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How the Sahel junta is responding to climate change amid political isolation
27 Dec 2024 09:00:14 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/how-the-sahel-junta-is-responding-to-climate-change-amid-political-isolation/
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Rare new Guinean flower is ‘canary in a coal mine’ — but in an actual iron mine
27 Dec 2024 08:43:18 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/rare-new-guinean-flower-is-canary-in-a-coal-mine-but-in-an-actual-iron-mine/
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‘Shifting baselines’ in Cabo Verde after 50 years of declining fish stocks
16 Dec 2024 18:43:46 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/shifting-baselines-in-cabo-verde-after-50-years-of-declining-fish-stocks/
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Study looks for success factors in African projects that heal land and help people
13 Dec 2024 22:09:29 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/study-looks-for-success-factors-in-african-projects-that-heal-land-and-help-people/
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Agroecology offers blueprint for resilient farming in northern Ghana
05 Dec 2024 13:49:34 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/agroecology-offers-blueprint-for-resilient-farming-in-northern-ghana/
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How a holistic approach aims to heal mangroves in Guinea-Bissau
27 Nov 2024 22:00:10 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/how-a-holistic-approach-aims-to-heal-mangroves-in-guinea-bissau/
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A Nigerian reserve, once a stronghold for chimps, is steadily losing its forest to farming
21 Nov 2024 23:55:48 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/a-nigerian-reserve-once-a-stronghold-for-chimps-is-steadily-losing-its-forest-to-farming/
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Biochar from banana peels breaks ground in Cameroon
21 Nov 2024 17:33:45 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/video/2024/11/biochar-from-banana-peels-breaks-ground-in-cameroon/
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Fresh calls for oil giants to pay $12 billion for Niger Delta pollution
14 Nov 2024 09:23:45 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/11/fresh-calls-for-oil-giants-to-pay-12-billion-for-niger-delta-pollution/
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From landfill to limelight, Ghana waste entrepreneurs win Earthshot Prize
14 Nov 2024 07:14:13 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/from-landfill-to-limelight-ghana-waste-entrepreneurs-win-earthshot-prize/
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Conservationists mobilize to save Sierra Leone national park and its chimpanzees
04 Nov 2024 17:44:28 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/as-deforestation-advances-conservationists-mobilize-to-save-sierra-leone-national-park-and-its-chimpanzees/
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Local NGO RAINS brings relief to Ghana’s semiarid north with regenerative farming
16 Oct 2024 13:35:26 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/10/local-ngo-rains-brings-relief-to-ghanas-semiarid-north-with-regenerative-farming/
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West Africa’s forgotten felines endangered by conflict and research gaps
11 Oct 2024 12:00:11 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/10/west-africas-forgotten-felines-endangered-by-conflict-and-research-gaps/
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Nigerian anti-corruption body partners with EIA to combat wildlife crime
10 Oct 2024 05:00:46 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/10/nigerian-anti-corruption-body-partners-with-eia-to-combat-wildlife-crime/
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The world’s chocolate cravings speed up deforestation in the Congo Basin: Study
09 Oct 2024 17:00:18 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/10/the-worlds-chocolate-cravings-speed-up-deforestation-in-the-congo-basin-study/
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Plan for close season rings alarm bells for Liberia’s artisanal fishers
26 Sep 2024 14:16:11 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/plan-for-close-season-rings-alarm-bells-for-liberias-artisanal-fishers/
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New approach to land management in Africa aims to climate-proof ecosystems
23 Sep 2024 23:34:27 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/new-approach-to-land-management-in-africa-aims-to-climate-proof-ecosystems/
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Sierra Leone group helps farmers adapt to changing climate, protect forest
18 Sep 2024 08:27:37 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/sierra-leone-group-helps-farmers-adapt-to-changing-climate-protect-forest/
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