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In southeast Nigeria, pangolins hunted for meat, not scales, study finds
10 Sep 2025 18:18:07 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/in-southeast-nigeria-pangolins-hunted-for-meat-not-scales-study-finds/
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Fear & uncertainty grip Nigerian community after fatal elephant attack
09 Sep 2025 16:48:24 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/fear-uncertainty-grip-nigerian-community-after-fatal-elephant-attack/
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EUDR implementation comes laden with potential unintended consequences
04 Sep 2025 19:05:51 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/eudr-implementation-comes-laden-with-potential-unintended-consequences/
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‘Let’s understand the value of the forest’ says Liberia’s Silas Siakor
01 Sep 2025 11:25:21 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/lets-understand-the-value-of-the-forest-says-liberias-silas-siakor/
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Liberia has a new plan to protect its rainforests. Can it work?
01 Sep 2025 11:20:12 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/liberia-has-a-new-plan-to-protect-its-rainforests-can-it-work/
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Liberian communities await justice at Salala rubber plantation after World Bank complaint
29 Aug 2025 10:15:22 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/08/liberian-communities-await-justice-at-salala-rubber-plantation-after-world-bank-complaint/
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Ghana passes landmark legislation to protect artisanal fisheries
22 Aug 2025 16:02:57 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/08/ghana-passes-landmark-legislation-to-protect-artisanal-fisheries/
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Goliath versus Goliath (cartoon)
20 Aug 2025 06:52:09 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/custom-story/2025/08/goliath-versus-goliath-cartoon/
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Agroecological market gardening: Benin’s climate-resilient farming solution
13 Aug 2025 12:55:48 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/08/agroecological-market-gardening-benins-climate-resilient-farming-solution/
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New list of primates in peril aims to focus attention and inspire action
05 Aug 2025 09:54:33 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/08/new-list-of-primates-in-peril-aims-to-focus-attention-and-inspire-action/
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Former poachers guard Cabo Verde’s endangered sea turtles
04 Aug 2025 18:03:23 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/08/former-poachers-guard-cabo-verdes-endangered-sea-turtles/
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Global maps reveal where mycorrhizal fungi thrive — and where they’re unprotected
04 Aug 2025 16:47:35 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/08/global-maps-reveal-where-mycorrhizal-fungi-thrive-and-where-theyre-unprotected/
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A forest garden project attempts to expand into the Sahel
28 Jul 2025 06:00:19 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/07/a-forest-garden-project-attempts-to-expand-into-the-sahel/
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Illegal fishing and its consequences: the human toll of migration in Senegal
30 Jun 2025 08:25:36 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/illegal-fishing-and-its-consequences-the-human-toll-of-migration-in-senegal/
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Nigeria’s proposed ban on solar panel imports raises concerns
26 Jun 2025 07:06:51 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/06/nigerias-proposed-ban-on-solar-panel-imports-raises-concerns/
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Ghana to expand artisanal fishing zone amid trawler violations
20 Jun 2025 04:52:49 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/06/ghana-to-expand-artisanal-fishing-zone-amid-trawler-violations/
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First elephant sighting in 6 years sparks hope for species’ return to a Senegal park
17 Jun 2025 18:42:18 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/first-elephant-sighting-in-6-years-sparks-hope-for-species-return-to-a-senegal-park/
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Pandemic-era slump in ivory and pangolin scale trafficking persists, report finds
17 Jun 2025 08:31:03 +0000
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/pandemic-era-slump-in-ivory-and-pangolin-scale-trafficking-persists-report-finds/
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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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