For centuries, locals have told stories of mokele-mbembe, a legendary creature said to lurk in the Congo Basin. But as ...
Authorities protecting the Gabonese segment of Central Africa’s biggest forest elephant stronghold ... is the root cause of these massive elephant killings,” he concluded. Massive quantities of ...
DESCRIPTION: Forest elephants are the smaller of the two African elephant species ... The majority of remaining forest elephant populations occur in Central Africa, in the countries of Gabon, ...
So, it’s no surprise that when a young elephant calf ... weigh up to 6 tons! African forest elephants, in contrast, have adapted to the dense forests of the Congo Basin and are much smaller ...
Turkalo is convinced that forest elephants are a separate species from savannah elephants. And she can refer with authority after 30 years in the Central African Republic ... up on a platform in the ...
The Congo rainforest covers the very heart of Africa. From the crowded, competitive centre of the forest to the open edge of the Atlantic ocean, this is all about carving out space in a crowded world.
Global Witness said that none of Congo's €87 million in timber production appeared to comply with international timber trade laws. Over half of the Congo ... like the forest elephant and the ...