News from the Congo Basin forests
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Transparency and common sense prevail at wildlife trade meeting
The 61st meeting of Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered ...
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CITES meeting to address illegal ivory and rhino horn trade
WWF calls on representatives of world governments and other groups attending the CITES meeting in ...
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Rhino horn smugglers given maximum sentence
Two Vietnamese men convicted of attempting to smuggle rhino horns out of South Africa were ...
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Elephant poaching increases as ivory markets go unregulated
A new report issued under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna ...
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Arrests made in Uganda mountain gorilla death
Three men have been arrested for killing a critically endangered mountain gorilla in Bwindi ...
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WWF welcomes DRC government decision to suspend oil expiration in world heritage site Virunga
WWF welcomed the decision of the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo to withdraw the ...
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Ivory discovered in shipment of cocoa
A cache of 20 elephant tusks have been seized by Cameroonian officials after being discovered ...
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Wildlife workers mourn deaths of Virunga National Park protectors
WWF is mourning the deaths of three Virunga National Park rangers and five Democratic Republic of ...
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WWF condemns oil exploration plans inside Africa's iconic national park
WWF calls on companies SOCO and Dominion to abandon their oil exploration plans in Virunga National ...
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Census finds increase in critically endangered mountain gorilla population
A census of the world’s largest mountain gorilla population has counted 480 animals, an increase ...
