Africa’s great rainforests were long treated as a quiet ally in the climate fight, soaking up vast quantities of carbon ...

Populations of the African forest and savanna elephant have declined sharply. The populations of Africa's elephants are now in more danger than they ever have been. The African forest elephant is now ...

“Elephants are the gardeners of the forest,” Blake wrote, explaining that when elephants eat the fruit from high carbon ...

Negotiators discussing wildlife trade rules have agreed overwhelmingly to back a proposal that regulates the currently unrestricted trade in all seven species of African forest hornbills. Eight West ...

Mozambique loses US$500 million annually due to “unsustainable” practices in the forestry sector, such as illegal logging and ...

The 25th Session of the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission (AFWC25) has opened in Banjul, The Gambia, with a clear call for African countries to scale up innovation and reinforce political ...

FOREST OF LOBAYE, Central African Republic (AFP) — Suspended from branches high above the ground, Nicolas Moulin looked through his binoculars over a seemingly endless sea of emerald green. Somewhere ...

South Africa’s government appointed Tsepo Monaheng as head of arms manufacturer Denel SOC Ltd., the latest attempt by the authorities to turn around state companies that have been plagued by ...

African Conservation Development Group and Cora Group of Italy will form a sustainable forestry venture that will oversee 400,000 hectares (988,400 acres) of concessions in southern Gabon and a timber ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... PONGARA NATIONAL PARK, Gabon — Loss of habitat and poaching have made African forest elephants a critically endangered species. Yet the dense forests of ...

Gabon recently received the first $17 million of a pledged $150 million from Norway for results-based emission reduction payments as part of the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI). Gabon has 88% ...