New research warns that Africa's forests, once vital allies in the fight against climate change, have turned from a carbon ...

A coalition of African nations has secured new Cites controls on the international trade of hornbills amid concerns over ...

New research shows Africa’s forests now release more carbon than they absorb. This raises global climate risks and calls for ...

For decades, we’ve relied on the world’s tropical forests to do the heavy lifting in the fight against climate change. We ...

Between 2010 and 2017 alone, Africa lost about 106 billion kilograms of forest biomass every year — roughly the weight of 106 ...

Negotiators discussing wildlife trade rules have agreed overwhelmingly to back a proposal that regulates the currently ...

Deforestation and degradation have reversed the continent’s role as a carbon sink, shows study in Scientific Reports - Anadolu Ajansı ...

The development means that the world’s three major rainforest regions — South American Amazon, Southeast Asia, and Africa — ...

Africa rallies around forest innovation as African Forestry and Wildlife Commission (AFWC25) opens in The Gambia ...

A new assessment of African Forest Elephants reveals an estimated 135,690 individuals1, with an additional 7,728 to 10,990 ...

Scientists studying tropical forests in Africa’s mountains were surprised to uncover how much carbon they store, and how fast some of these forests are being cleared. The international study reported ...

Elephants are vital to ecosystems. Learn interesting facts and how WWF works to protect them across Africa and Asia.