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West Africa: Region Acts to Protect Forests, Shipping
AlertNet, 19 July 2013
West and Central African leaders are to put in place a joint security force with the aim of better protecting the Congo Basin's forest resources and combating pirate attacks in the… Read more »
Force to Secure Oceans, Forests in West and Central Africa
Regional leaders are establishing a cross-border security network to protect forests in the Congo basin and combat piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.
A fisherman in the Lomé harbour. The threat of piracy has increased drastically in Togo and neighbouring Benin.
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West Africa: Gulf of Guinea Turns Into Piracy Hotspot
ThinkAfricaPress, 18 July 2013
West Africa's Gulf of Guinea has overtaken the Somali coast as Africa's main piracy hotspot, and this upward trend looks set to continue. Read more »
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Central Africa: Trans-border Crime Threatens Congo Basin Biodiversity
Cameroon Tribune, 19 March 2013
Countries of the Congo Basin now face a new threat to biodiversity. Crimes across national borders within the Central African Forest Commission (COMIFAC) are seriously undermining… Read more »
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West Africa: Piracy Declines in East, Grows in West Africa
VOA, 15 July 2013
The number of pirate attacks worldwide has fallen in the first half of 2013. However, maritime officials are warning that the waters off West Africa are growing more dangerous. Read more »
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Central Africa: Palm Oil Expansion Threatens Congo Basin Forests - Report
AlertNet, 21 February 2013
Industrial cultivation of oil palm has "wreaked havoc" on rainforests and forest peoples in Southeast Asia and now threatens to do the same in the Congo Basin, a report from the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Two Prongs of Counter-Piracy
Daily Trust, 12 July 2013
Two weeks ago the International Maritime Bureau and other counter-piracy watchdog groups published a report labelling the waters off of West Africa the most dangerous in the world,… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Illegal Wood Uncovered in the EU
Greenpeace, 2 July 2013
An illegal shipment of endangered wood from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been found at a processing factory in the European Union, run by the controversial Swiss… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Young Leaders - the Future of Congo's Forestry Research
AlertNet, 15 November 2012
Deep in the Yoko Forest Reserve, across the Congo River from Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Consolate Kaswera Kyamakya is checking her traps. Read more »
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Incidents of violence against seafarers remain high, according to a new report issued by the International Maritime Bureau. After an 80 percent drop in attacks off the coast of ... Read more »
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In the face of logging operations that are depleting Cameroon's forests, the government has launched an initiative that will see women take the lead in planting some 800,000 trees. Read more »
