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Macron's visit to Gabon under the spotlight

Macron's visit to Gabon under the spotlight

Many government critics in Gabon see the visit of French President Macron as a way to support Gabonese president Ali Bongo

Coffee is helping restore Mozambique's rain forest

Coffee is helping restore Mozambique's rain forest

At the southern end of the Great African Rift Valley in the heart of central Mozambique, the rain forest on Mount Gorongosa has been growing ...

Liberia: Investigation faults national agency protecting rainforest

Liberia: Investigation faults national agency protecting rainforest

Regreening Angola: raising tree seedlings and awareness for reforestation

Regreening Angola: raising tree seedlings and awareness for reforestation

Videos show the extent of the many forest fires in Spain.

Videos show the extent of the many forest fires in Spain.

Ivory Coast walls up forest to fend off encroaching city

Ivory Coast walls up forest to fend off encroaching city

Kenya under fire over calls to 'weaken' forest protections

Kenya under fire over calls to 'weaken' forest protections

Livelihood of Cameroonian pygmies at risk from persistent logging

Livelihood of Cameroonian pygmies at risk from persistent logging

Battle against poachers hampered by lack of equipment

Battle against poachers hampered by lack of equipment

Kenya : planting trees in semi-arid regions using seedballs

Kenya : planting trees in semi-arid regions using seedballs

Madagascar's habitat at risk due to climate change

Madagascar's habitat at risk due to climate change

Rainforests in the DRC: "a solution" for climate change

Rainforests in the DRC: "a solution" for climate change

Reforestation programme is under way in Madagascar

Reforestation programme is under way in Madagascar

Indigenous leader warns of dire consequences if Amazon is destroyed

Indigenous leader warns of dire consequences if Amazon is destroyed

Benin's rare swamp forest 'at risk of disappearing'

Benin's rare swamp forest 'at risk of disappearing'

Gabon is the first African country to get paid for reducing carbon emissions

Gabon is the first African country to get paid for reducing carbon emissions

Côte d'Ivoire combats land exploitation via reforestation mission

Côte d'Ivoire combats land exploitation via reforestation mission

Gabon upholds nature tourism

Gabon upholds nature tourism

Fayulu launches tree-planting drive to combat DR Congo's forest fires

Fayulu launches tree-planting drive to combat DR Congo's forest fires

Celebrating Rwanda's first mountain gorillas' vet who just happens to be a woman

Celebrating Rwanda's first mountain gorillas' vet who just happens to be a woman

DRC forests threatened by illegal logging- NGO

DRC forests threatened by illegal logging- NGO

Kenya imposes ban on logging for 90 days

Kenya imposes ban on logging for 90 days

Kibira national park, Burundi [The Morning Call]

Kibira national park, Burundi [The Morning Call]

Congo Brazzaville hosts Congo basin summit [Focus]

Congo Brazzaville hosts Congo basin summit [Focus]

DRC: Kahuzi-Biega National Park endangered

DRC: Kahuzi-Biega National Park endangered

DRC: illegal timber trafficking [ The Morning Call ]

DRC: illegal timber trafficking [ The Morning Call ]

DR Congo: Controversy over forestry contracts

DR Congo: Controversy over forestry contracts

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