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Congo’s ‘Garden of Eden’ withstands growing human pressure
By Ryan Biller LAC TÉLÉ COMMUNITY RESERVE , Republic of Congo — Standing on a riverbank in Lac Télé Community Reserve in ...
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Africa: 100 Elephant Tusks on Sunken Ship Lost 500 Years Ago Now Found
The 500-year-old ivory matched up with the African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis), which is native to humid forests in West Africa and Congo Basin. A close elephant relative, the ...
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Cracking down on elephant poachers in Central Africa
A series of recent arrests of elephant poachers and ivory traffickers in Cameroon and the Republic of Congo have raised hopes that Central African authorities are finally starting to make serious ...
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State of the Elephant
The Great Elephant Census surveyed sites throughout the continent in 2014 and 2015. During this period, Chad had the steepest decline, followed by Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
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Gorillas pose for selfie with DR Congo anti-poaching unit
Poacher killed by elephant then eaten by lions RIP Trevor ... park rangers have been killed in Virunga since 1996. Eastern DR Congo is mired in conflict between the government and various armed ...
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NATURAL HISTORY
RANGE: The majority of remaining forest elephant populations occur in Central Africa, in the countries of Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of Congo, Central Africa Republic and ...