Watch: Solving a plant-pollinator mystery at Bouamir
Laura Azandi, a PhD student at Cameroon’s University of Yaounde I, recently spent time at CBI’s Bouamir Research Station studying a particular species of…
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Study links US demand for Chinese furniture to deforestation in Africa
Story originally published by John C. Cannon of Mongabay
Recent research links the U.S. demand for furniture made in China to tree cover loss in Africa’s…
Helicopter Tour of CBI's Study Area in the Dja Reserve
https://youtu.be/U5I7G8XzZjA
Helicopter tour into CBI's remote Bouamir field station. Video by Bob Taylor, sponsor of the Ebony Project.
Furniture from China contributes to deforestation in Central Africa
Is your new coffee table contributing to the deforestation of African rainforests?
If the furniture comes from China or other parts of Asia, there’s a good…
CBI's Ebony Project Article Featured in "Wood & Steel" Magazine
"The Ebony Project - A bold plan to preserve ebony's future takes root in Cameroon"
View the article, featured in Taylor Guitar's summer edition of their…
How Tree Shade and Bat Poo Are Helping Grow Earth-Friendly Chocolate
CBI affiliate Luke L. Powell, director of the conservation NGO Biodiversity Initiative and a research fellow at Durham University in the United Kingdom,…
"The Ebony Project" from Taylor Guitars
Taylor Guitars has launched a new multimedia storytelling website focused on ebony, Cameroon and CBI's Sustainable Ebony Project. The website includes video…
The historian of Bifalone
Nancy J. Jacobs, a professor of History at Brown University, shares her experience visiting a CBI field station. Jacobs is a historian of South Africa, of…
How Sustainable Guitars Are "Instrumental" to the Future of Cameroon’s Forests
The World Bank recently published a feature story on CBI and Taylor Guitar's Sustainable Ebony project. Read an excerpt below, or read the entire story on…
Update on Sustainable Ebony Project from Taylor Guitars
A Public-Private Partnership in Cameroon
Previous issues of Wood&Steel have featured stories about our Crelicam ebony mill in Yaoundé, Cameroon, which…
Field Researcher Shares Personal Account in Dja Forest
Nancy Jacobs, Professor of History at Brown University, Rhode Island (USA), provides a rich and personal account of practicing interdisciplinary research. On a…
UCLA’s Center for Tropical Research: 20 years of science & conservation
Twenty years ago, the Center for Tropical Research was founded as a small research unit, dedicated to understanding the biotic processes that underlie and…
