<![CDATA[congo news from mongabay.com]]> http://www.mongabay.com en-us Copyright 2006 mongabay.com Sun, 15 Oct 2008 12:58:39 -0800 <![CDATA[DR Congo to cancel two-thirds of logging contracts due to corruption]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1008-congo.html Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1008-congo.html <![CDATA[Group takes "venture capital" approach to conservation]]> Wildlife Conservation Network (WCN), an organization based in Los Altos, California, works to protect threatened species by focusing on what it terms "conservation entrepreneurs" -- people who are passionate about saving wildlife and have creative ideas for dong so. After a rigorous review process to identify and select projects that will have the greatest impact on conservation in developing countries, WCN provides the conservationist with fund-raising and back-office support, technology, and access to its network of people and resources.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0916-wcn.html Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0916-wcn.html <![CDATA[Commercial bushmeat trade is devastating wildlife]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0915-bushmeat.html Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0915-bushmeat.html <![CDATA[Rare okapi photographed for the first time in Congo park]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0910-wcs_okapi.html Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0910-wcs_okapi.html <![CDATA[Malaysia targets Africa and the Amazon for oil palm expansion]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0825-malaysia_palm_oil.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0825-malaysia_palm_oil.html <![CDATA[Markets could save rainforests: an interview with Andrew Mitchell]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0818-mitchell_interview_gcp.html Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0818-mitchell_interview_gcp.html <![CDATA[1.2 million ha of Congo rainforest certified for sustainable forestry]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0806-congo.html Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0806-congo.html <![CDATA[Massive gorilla population discovered in the Congo]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0805-gorillas.html Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0805-gorillas.html <![CDATA[Logging company Danzer accused of tax fraud in the Congo]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0731-danzer.html Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0731-danzer.html <![CDATA[14 countries win REDD funding to protect tropical forests]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0724-fcpf.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0724-fcpf.html <![CDATA[Britain, Norway commit $210 million towards Congo rainforest conservation]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0624-congo.html Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0624-congo.html <![CDATA[Does logging contribute to AIDS deaths in Africa?]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0614-aids_wildlife.html Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0614-aids_wildlife.html <![CDATA[Congo pygmies use GPS to map eco-certified timber concession]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0529-congo.html Thu, 29 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0529-congo.html <![CDATA[Forest carbon credits could guide development in Congo]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0529-interview_laporte.html Wed, 28 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0529-interview_laporte.html <![CDATA[Energy firm to mine oil sands in the Republic of Congo]]> The Wall Street Journal.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0521-roc_oil_sands.html Wed, 21 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0521-roc_oil_sands.html <![CDATA[Mobile game to help save embattled gorillas in the Congo]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0416-kiwanja_gorilla_game.html Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0416-kiwanja_gorilla_game.html <![CDATA[Indigenous peoples of Congo map their forests with GPS in an effort to save them]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0414-hance_congo.html Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0414-hance_congo.html <![CDATA[Biochar fund to fight hunger, energy poverty, deforestation, and global warming]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0310-biochar.html Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0310-biochar.html <![CDATA[First photos of face-to-face mating by gorillas in the wild]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0212-wcs_gorillas.html Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0212-wcs_gorillas.html <![CDATA[DR Congo has great potential for biofuels says U.N. official]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0109-congo.html Wed, 09 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0109-congo.html <![CDATA[REDD will fail if needs of forest communities aren't addressed]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1207-redd.html Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1207-redd.html <![CDATA[Tropical forests face huge threat from industrial agriculture]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1205-crop_suitability.html Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1205-crop_suitability.html <![CDATA[Returns from carbon offsets could beat palm oil in Congo DRC]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1204-congo_whrc.html Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1204-congo_whrc.html <![CDATA[Rainforest Reserve Established in DR Congo to save bonobo]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1119-congo.html Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1119-congo.html <![CDATA[Congo pygmies to meet World Bank President Zoellick over forest destruction]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1017-congo.html Wed, 17 Oct 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1017-congo.html <![CDATA[Ebola outbreak in Congo kills 166]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0912-ebola.html Wed, 12 Sep 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0912-ebola.html <![CDATA[Rebels invade Congo gorilla sanctuary, park rangers evacuated]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0904-gorillas.html Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0904-gorillas.html <![CDATA[Photo: newborn mountain gorilla born in Congo]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0823-gorilla.html Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0823-gorilla.html <![CDATA[U.N. sends team to investigate gorilla killings]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0810-gorillas.html Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0810-gorillas.html <![CDATA[New species discovered in "lost" African forest]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0807-congo.html Tue, 07 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0807-congo.html <![CDATA[Rare gorillas slaughtered in mass killing]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0724-gorillas.html Tue, 24 Jul 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0724-gorillas.html <![CDATA[NASA images show expansion of logging in Congo rainforest]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0715-nasa.html Sun, 15 Jul 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0715-nasa.html <![CDATA[World Bank to raise $250M for avoided deforestation in tropics]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0611-wsj.html Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0611-wsj.html <![CDATA[Chinese demand drives global deforestation]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0611-china.html Sun, 10 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0611-china.html <![CDATA[Logging roads rapidly expanding in Congo rainforest]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0607-congo.html Thu, 07 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0607-congo.html <![CDATA[Congo guerillas threaten to kill rare gorillas]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0521-congo.html Mon, 21 May 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0521-congo.html <![CDATA[New railway will facilitate logging in Congo]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0425-congo.html Wed, 25 Apr 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0425-congo.html <![CDATA[Illegal logging threatens Congo's forests, global climate]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0411-congo.html Wed, 11 Apr 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0411-congo.html <![CDATA[Congo cancels logging contracts]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0409-congo.html Mon, 09 Apr 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0409-congo.html <![CDATA[Important Congo basin parks get funding]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0328-wcs.html Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0328-wcs.html <![CDATA[New monkey species in Uganda]]> New Vision newspaper. Dr. Colin Groves of the Australian National University told New Vision that the local population of the gray-cheeked mangabey (Lophocebus albigena) will soon be designated as a unique species, the Ugandan gray-cheeked mangabey (Lophocebus ugandae).]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0219-uganda.html Sun, 18 Feb 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0219-uganda.html <![CDATA[Congo guerillas agree to protect rare gorillas]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0124-gorilla.html Wed, 24 Jan 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0124-gorilla.html <![CDATA[Ebola kills thousands of gorillas in African park]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1207-gorillas.html Thu, 07 Dec 2006 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1207-gorillas.html <![CDATA[Emissions proposal could generate $200m/year for DR Congo]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1105-congo.html Mon, 06 Nov 2006 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1105-congo.html <![CDATA[War-torn Congo Announces Two New Parks]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0918-wcs.html Mon, 18 Sep 2006 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0918-wcs.html <![CDATA[When elephants attack. Surviving an elephant charge in the Congo rainforest of Gabon]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0627-gabon.html Mon, 26 Jun 2006 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0627-gabon.html <![CDATA[Mammals in war-torn Virunga National Park recovering finds WCS survey]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0620-wcs.html Tue, 20 Jun 2006 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0620-wcs.html <![CDATA[Roads tied to bushmeat hunting in Africa]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0509-gabon.html Tue, 09 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0509-gabon.html <![CDATA[Congo Pygmies Losing Fight for Their Forests]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0301-ap.html Mon, 06 Mar 2006 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0301-ap.html <![CDATA[Bonobo chimp population in Congo falls 95% since 1984]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0306-ap.html Mon, 06 Mar 2006 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0306-ap.html