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New "Science Advances" paper highlights how wildlife loss threatens forest regeneration in the Congo Basin

Published in Science Advances, the article—“Declines of ebony and ivory are inextricably linked in an African rainforest”—shows that the loss of elephants, key seed dispersers in Afrotropical forests, is threatening the survival of slow-growing hardwoods like ebony. These findings have major implications for forest ecology, biodiversity, and the future of sustainable restoration efforts in the Congo Basin.

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Declines of ebony and ivory are inextricably linked in an African rainforest

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Jen Tinsman Spotlights Pangolin Conservation on “The Science Podcast”

A team of researchers developed a powerful new approach that uses genomics to identify poaching and trafficking hotspots.

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Empowering indigenous wisdom: the Congo Basin Institute collaborates with ESRI

Esri, a pioneer in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), has teamed up with the Congo Basin Institute to preserve the extraordinary biodiversity of this vital…

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SILK/Ebony Sponsor Baka Women Celebrate IWD In Somalomo, East Region

30 women from Bifolone, located in the East region of Cameroon joined the international community last March 8th to commemorate the 38th edition of the…

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Predictive Modeling of Emerging Tropical Disease

CBI researchers have expertise in wildlife sampling, ecological modeling, and laboratory assays to detect tropical diseases, and are applying this expertise to predict present-day and future distributions of emerging infectious diseases and neglected tropical diseases.

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Gensler: Learning About Resilience at the UCLA Congo Basin Institute

The world-renowned architecture, design, and planning firm Gensler has designed a sustainable campus concept for CBI's Distance Learning Center being developed on the IITA campus in Cameroon.

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Regional vulnerability for COVID-19 in Cameroon

Few studies have assessed risk for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) within African countries. The authors Seth Judson, Kevin Njabo, and Judith Torimiro examine differences in vulnerability to COVID-19 among the ten administrative Regions and two major cities of Cameroon based on epidemiological risk factors and access to healthcare resources.

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The Congo Basin in an Era of Climate Change

World War Zero, an online magazine fighting the climate crisis, has featured an op-ed piece by CBI's founding co-executive director, Tom Smith.

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Life in the Great Forest

Veronica Tremblay visits Bouamir Research Station in Cameroon's Dja Faunal Reserve and recounts her experiences in Travel Africa magazine.

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Global Health Program Spotlight on Tom Smith

A UCLA biologist researches the connection between climate change and coronaviruses

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CBI works with FieldKit to install tree-mounted radio system in Cameroon’s Dja Reserve

Working with the Congo Basin Institute and Peter Houlihan, the FieldKit team is deploying a series of stations in the Dja Faunal Reserve, one of the largest and best-protected rainforests in Africa.

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